02-11-2008, 07:23 PM
What is the strongest fish in the world?
There are alot of conflicting things I've heard about statements like this. You have to take them with a grain of salt. There's lots of factors that go in to play. For example: "The Australian Brown Snake is the most deadly snake in the world." Then another show will say, "The Puff Adder is the deadliest snake in the world." These statements fail to distinguish what exactly they mean by "most deadly." The Australian Brown Snake has the most poisonous venom, but the Puff Adder kills the most people each year. Could you say both are true? Yes depending on how you're looking at it. But then someone will say, this type of sea snake is the most venomous. Its all subjective and not easily definable.
Searching the internet, I read that the Smallmouth Bass is one of the strongest fish for its size, and then that the Mekong River Catfish is the strongest fish for its size, but eventually found this about the Yellowfin Tuna:
The last type of tuna is called the yellowfin tuna. This fish is said to be one of the most brilliantly colored fish in the world's oceans. It is yellow on it's back with silver on it's underside. In Hawaii they are called ahi by local fisherman, which mean fire in the Hawaiian language. Yellowfins have been weighed in at as much as 450 pounds. And pound for pound are considered the strongest fish in the world. The yellowfins are found in most tropical water and some times even into sub-tropical waters. Hawaiians fish the yellowfin year round.
Then someone will have concluded that the tarpon is the strongest.
Then another will say its a bonefish.
We could probably find statements like this all day and never come to the conclusion on the show. Which is why I say to take it with a grain of salt.
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There are alot of conflicting things I've heard about statements like this. You have to take them with a grain of salt. There's lots of factors that go in to play. For example: "The Australian Brown Snake is the most deadly snake in the world." Then another show will say, "The Puff Adder is the deadliest snake in the world." These statements fail to distinguish what exactly they mean by "most deadly." The Australian Brown Snake has the most poisonous venom, but the Puff Adder kills the most people each year. Could you say both are true? Yes depending on how you're looking at it. But then someone will say, this type of sea snake is the most venomous. Its all subjective and not easily definable.
Searching the internet, I read that the Smallmouth Bass is one of the strongest fish for its size, and then that the Mekong River Catfish is the strongest fish for its size, but eventually found this about the Yellowfin Tuna:
The last type of tuna is called the yellowfin tuna. This fish is said to be one of the most brilliantly colored fish in the world's oceans. It is yellow on it's back with silver on it's underside. In Hawaii they are called ahi by local fisherman, which mean fire in the Hawaiian language. Yellowfins have been weighed in at as much as 450 pounds. And pound for pound are considered the strongest fish in the world. The yellowfins are found in most tropical water and some times even into sub-tropical waters. Hawaiians fish the yellowfin year round.
Then someone will have concluded that the tarpon is the strongest.
Then another will say its a bonefish.
We could probably find statements like this all day and never come to the conclusion on the show. Which is why I say to take it with a grain of salt.
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