Fishy Factoids

• Cyanide is deadly poison but the poison in a puffer fish is said to be 275 times deadlier.
• The flatfish known as "sole" was given that name because it looks like the bottom of a shoe.
• A flounder spends all its adult life lying on its right side. A fluke spends all its adult life lying on its left side. Go figure.
• A winter flounder's eyes are on the right side of its head but the summer flounder's eyes are on the left.
• A Flounder can change color to match its surroundings but not if it's blind.
• A typical tuna swims 100 miles a day.
• The candlefish got its name from the fact that if you dry it out and stick a wick in it,it'll burn like a candle...lots of oil in that candlefish.
• The vicious barracuda got its name from the Spanish word for "overlapping teeth."
• People in the lower Amur River area of Siberia make clothing out of halibut skin.
• Halibut tend to remain calm during a crisis; salmon tend to panic.
• The sponge is an animal but it has no organs...not a one.
• Salamanders always have twins.
• The lantern fish has a spot on its head that glows so brightly you can read by it. No, the lantern fish can't read. Nature isn't always fair.