As far as I've understood what Todd is suggesting is that he wants an
invert specific list to attract his mussel buddies from this "unio" list
thing. I hope and would expect that the relatively loose nature of
discussion in this list would not change. Since the participants won't
really be changing.
Am I understanding all that correctly?
-derek parr
Jeremy Tiemann wrote:
> I see the advantages of having one list or separating into two lists,
> but I want to play devil's advocate:
>
> Where do you draw the line on what critters can be posted and which
> cannot? Although my main joys are fishes and mollusks, I enjoys
> sampling all the others (except the 's' animals... snakes, spiders, and
> scorpions... they are fine to look-in-from far, but don't expect me to
> handle them... yes, I am a wuss.). Do we stick with aquatic critters?
> Where do we draw the line on that? Herps? Waterfowl? Otters? Mermaids?
>
>
>> My vote goes to keeping it on one list. When I think of native fish I
>> don't exclude other freshwater animals. Most of us are interested in
>> the entire ecosystem and not just the animals with fins and back
>> bones. BTW when I was a kid the Poca River in W.Va. had some really
>> huge mussels,-in-least 10" long sometimes. I used to use them as bait
>> on my trot lines. Gas well drilling up stream pretty much caused their
>> extinction when I was about 12 years old.
>>
>> moon
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
/ visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are
/ consistent with the guidelines as per
/ http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get
/ help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at
/ http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml