Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- America's national fish
dlmcneely at lunet.edu
Date: Thu Sep 09 2004 - 16:24:46 CDT
We have a chance to do better for the national fish. Remember, these kinds of things are all about who gets to the politicos first.
David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely at lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely
"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
----- Original Message -----
From: Irate Mormon <archimedes at bayspringstel.net>
Date: Thursday, September 9, 2004 4:08 pm
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- America's national fish
> Quoting "ichthos at comcast.net" <ichthos at comcast.net>:
>
> > My vote would be common carp. Like most Americans, it's a
> European immigrant
> > that has successfully colonized nearly the entire country and
> generally> mucked things up along the way.
>
> You would think that Mississippi, catfish capitol of the WORLD,
> would have
> chosen a catfish as the state fish. But no, it's that damnable M.
> salmoides.
> --Irate
> On the banks of the great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all
> set about with
> fever trees.
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: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 11:27:16 CST