From: jdm
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.images.underwater
Subject: uw-g-scuba-f - alb30202.jpg
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:51:08 +1100
Scuba diver (F) with fish - Skin Diver Magazine.
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From: phoby
File To Comment: animal3/alb30202-Porcupine_Fish-with_scuba_diver.jpg
Looks like a Long-spined Porcupinefish(Diodon Holacanthus)
The members of the porcupinefish family have evolved an interesting means
of defense. When threatened by a predator, they fill their bodies with water
until they swell like a balloon. This makes them too large for the predator to
swallow. Porcupinefishes also have the added protection of a spiny covering
on their body. |
