August 03, 2009

leftovers: transexual fish, say what?!

Today to satisfy your visual appetite I offer a few leftovers from July.  

Sometimes you get a photo request that grabs your attention. Mid-July I got one slugged "Transexual Fish." It turned out to be an interesting story but not as captivating visually as it sounded. I guess I imagined a species of fish living their lives dressing as the opposite sex because they were never comfortable in their own scales. As it turned out they are typical little fish who instead live their lives in tanks being researched.   


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University of Georgia graduate student Kristen Kollock holds a fish used for research Thursday July 16, 2009, at the Whitehall Forest research labs. Kollock is working with UGA scientist Robert Bringolf to research how hormones and hormone-mimicking chemicals may be affecting their reproduction and development in the Oconee and other rivers.

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University scientist Robert Bringolf looks at tanks containing fish used for research Thursday July 16, 2009,  at the Whitehall Forest research labs.
 
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University of Georgia graduate student Patrick Webb catalogues information about a Loblolly Pine with a GPS and data logger Tuesday July 14, 2009, in the Founders Memorial Park on campus. UGA will use his information in a plan being developed to reforest the campus.

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Environmental Engineer Jeffery Knight talks about an under construction sewer treatment plant during a tour given by the Athens-Clarke Public Utilities Department Thursday July 16, 2009.

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The Athens-Clarke Commission, members of the media, and others participate in a tour of an under construction sewer treatment plant given by the Athens-Clarke Public Utilities Department Thursday July 16, 2009

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Javian Watkins, 2, left, looks out the window as people arrive for a tour of the newly renovated Winterville Elementary School Thursday July 23, 2009, in Winterville.

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Students, parents, and staff take a tour of the newly renovated Winterville Elementary School Thursday July 23, 2009, in Winterville.


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Natalia Lupa, 5, holds her stuffed frog while waiting with her parents Frank Lupa, left, and Magda Lupa, right, to tour the newly renovated Winterville Elementary School Thursday July 23, 2009, in Winterville.

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