aligator gar, could they eat a gator?

bolty

book and people says they can and do hit the 3 meter mark and get over 150 kgs



just wanted to show and share with you guys

joeshmoe

wow how old is that pic lol

bolty

wow how old is this pic LOL
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One of the species of this genus is Aractosteus spatula, known also as alligator gar. The image you see here, identified by the words "Alligator Gar. Moon Lake, Mississippi. March 1910," is used by special permission: Neg. No. 117075, Photographer D. Franklin, Courtesy Dept. of Library Services, American Museum of Natural History. This fish was about ten feet long.
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The rod and reel world record alligator gar weighed 290 lb, and the trot line, or unrestricted division record weighed 302 lb. Both were caught in the Rio Grande River back in the 1950s, and measured a little over 7-1/2 ft in length.
http://www.earthwave.org/gars/treegar.jpg

bolty

some more BIG fish/gar's
http://www.opticstalk.com/photoserve...236&height=315

fiona

wow bolty, thats one hell of a picture, guess we wont all be running out to buy 1 of them!!!

bolty

some people will as they are flogging then at porton garden center

fiona

o god, not that place, dont even go there!!!!!

bolty

what LFS do you go to?
have you been 2 the 1 in ferndown (stapehill) maidenhead?
thats a good place, only thing with them is most of there fish are "not 4 sale" as they are pet shop pets

fiona

the best place round here you can go is Wilton. :D
its a small shop but the guy there knows evrything there is to know about fish. the shop is phat, you go out the back and the tank set up he's got is just mad!!!
its called PT Aquatics, buy the market square, you should go visit him.
i always phone him if i need some advice or help.
he's even saved the live of my Yoda, bless him, he knows his stuff!!!!

Oceane

WOW they look as bad as the Barracudas i sometimes see when i'm snorkelling.