The Puffer Forum

Yesterday I visited Bergen Aquarium, and had a good time as usual. There were som "old aquaintances" there in the tanks. But the one I looked forward to seeing the most, wasn't there: the Colomesus psittacus, Trine, they had there the last time I visited. I had so looked forward to seeing her again! I hope she is still alive and well, and only not on display at the moment. They did have an awful lot of irrubescos in one tank, though. I really hope they won't kill each other...

Well, I have some pics from the trip, and I will share them in the days to come. I start with the two species I enjoyed the most: the penguins (I don't know the species) and the Atlantic wolffish. I really love the wolffish, as it's so ugly it's almost cute.

A lot of penguin pics first:

Atlantic wolffish:

That wolffish is awesome!

What no puffers for us to see.......


That wolf would be awesome to have

xrayjeeper83 wrote:That wolf would be awesome to have

It would also be too large to have. I quote Wikipedia: "The largest specimen recorded measured 150 cm (almost 5 ft) long and weighed almost 18 kg (40 lbs)". BTW it's a cold water fish.

never said feasible just awesome LOL

yeah id love to have an arowana but they get too big also

We used to get them in the fishing net when I was a child. They lay in the bottom of the boat, trying to bite our feet. We used to plug their mouth with a large rock, and then we could hear them crunching on it.

Here's a cousin of the atlantic wolffish: the spotted wolffish.

They lay in the bottom of the boat, trying to bite our feet.

Ouch!

Pufferpunk wrote:Ouch!

Luckily we managed to keep our feet out of their mouth until we plugged them with a rock. They feed mostly on sea urchins - that's why they need those strong mouths and teeth.

So for more tasty friends (the wolffish is considered to be tasty, but I've never tasted it - AFAIK that is ).

Seabass:


Sea trout (which I really would like to get on a fishing hook):


A lumpsucker. A fish I also remember from our fishing when I was a child. My father tried to release them from the net, and they used to swin right into it again.


LOTS of salmon. I really wish I could go fishing here!


Some kind of ray with its tail lifted. I like rays.


A cute little camouflaged ray.


I don't know the name of this grumpy little guy.


This is a really bad pic, but it shows the common dragonet with its fins straight up. I loved his fins!

The closest I can come to a puffer in my pics: a boxfish. I don't know the species. Sorry about the poor pics, but my 13-year old company was getting tired of her aunt taking all those pics.

I really need to stop at the Atlanta aquarium on the way to Tenn at the beginning of august

Troender wrote:Sea trout (which I really would like to get on a fishing hook)

you and me both! looks almost like your standard brown trout. i think here they call them weakfish. unless thats a completely different species. i dont go saltwater fishing much, i wish i did.

Some more pics:

They don't have many sharks, but these two are really cool!




And now the reptiles. They actually have some of them.
I am just fascinated of the toes on the back feet of this guy.


This is a cool little guy:




This is another cute little guy. Last time i visited the aquarium, they were mating right in front of me.


Ok, not a reptile, but a Walrus Head. I've never seen one before, so I was quite fascinated, even though I am scared of spiders. It was larger than I thought it would be.


This one was quite relaxed.


You Americans are probably not impressed by pics of crocs, but I am not used to seeing one. This one I wouldn't try fighting with


A curious little thing:


And they are quite cute when they are small.




Another cute little thing:


A snake guarding its eggs.


A beautiful snake!


And this is Vitus, a seal:




And that's it! That was a quick look into what Bergen aquarium has to offer.