160 - Fish

Splish splash, get ready for some Fish triv! We're NOT going fishing, but we sure are talking about it! From biology to Finding Nemo, this has all the aquatic facts you've been jonesing for. Steven's got plenty of fish to go around with Cooper, Cameron, and Calvin, but only one has what it takes to be the second most popular at the Davenport, Iowa Annual Fish Fry!

What fish are you?: https://uquiz.com/quiz/flPdwf/what-kind-of-freshwater-fish-are-you

Episode Transcript

(00:04):
Welcome aboard, Bus 1. We're on our way to Davenport,
IA, and we've got some time to kill.
Let's do some trivia. Passengers, introduce yourselves
in reverse alphabetical order. Well, what?
Oh man, we're all see names. Yeah, I think that's me then.

(00:25):
Hey everyone, I'm Cooper. Hey everyone, I'm Cameron.
How's it going? I'm Calvin.
Oh, and I guess I was supposed to be the first one to introduce
myself. I'm Steven.
I'm the host today. And today's topic is one that I
know we're all passionate about.Right?
OK. Which is why I've assembled this

(00:45):
group of characters. So today's topic is Bish, what
do you think of that? Finally, finally, finally.
You've been waiting for. Finally, time.
And you know what? I'm feeling festive.
Look at this you. Gotta get on our fishing.
Gear I'm I'm ready for this. Oh man, I do this.

(01:06):
Plan ahead. It's OK, Cameron.
I'll have to balance this on my head the whole episode to get it
over my. Yeah, the chin strap really
helps. I also made my own, like that
fishing rod. Oh, look at that fishing.
To catch To catch Sam. Oh, but yeah, I think that would

(01:27):
be effective bait. For Sam Earpods on on on a rod.
I'm going to use these Earpods to catch a person.
Come here. Come on.
Come here, that'll be effective,but don't worry Cam, I'm sure.
I'll use this during the episode.
We. Oh, I got a boat.
Oh, there you go. See.
OK, we're all we're all ready now, so.
That's that's boat one. Boat one, it's the official

(01:52):
fishing trawler, one, the official boat for bus 1.
So to quickly explain the rules here, although I know you're all
seasoned veterans, but maybe some of the back story behind
why we're headed to Davenport, IA.
As you all know the reason why we're headed to Davenport, IA is
for the annual Davenport, IA Fish fry.
This is relevant. Oh of.

(02:13):
Course OK. What is the nearest body of
water to Davenport, IA? Well, presumably in Davenport.
Was that a question? No, I will spoil this.
No. Questions about Davenport, IA.
We'll have plenty of time to explore the town once we arrive
and are at the fish fry, so we've got three differently

(02:35):
themed rounds with five questions each.
You're competing for pounds of fish here.
I have right behind you, just off screen.
They're like pounds of. Fish.
Yes, flesh of fish. Pounds of fish flesh.
So just off screen I have exactly 103 lbs of fish.
Okay, exactly. Wow.

(02:57):
And a nice cooler behind there that's frozen.
Hold on. So we're not fishing.
No, we're just getting. I'm handing out pounds.
Of fish, I came prepared for a fishing trip.
I know it's confusing. We're not fishing.
We aren't. It's just about fish.
We are just happening to head toDavenport, IA for the fish fry
and I've already brought fish for the fish fry so.

(03:21):
We're not doing any kind of fishing.
We're not doing any kind of like, OK.
Yeah, Cooper, you big? We're just in the bus trying to
get your your power of your pileof fish.
And there's no fishing in Davenport, IA either, so it's
going to be a fishing trip less.To import their fish for the

(03:43):
fry, they must. Yeah, from all over the country,
people come with their own fish.I guess in Stevens defense, this
is not the fishing episode, it'sthe fish.
Correct. I mean, you got to, I guess.
That's on us. Yeah, you should have.
You should. Have brought my fishing gear so
I feel silly. Well, you know, I did too.
But maybe that's just kind of like the fest.

(04:04):
You dress up for the holidays, you dress up for a fish fry.
That's all I'm saying. That's right.
But with these 103 lbs of fish Ihave in this cooler behind me,
questions in round one are worth1 LB of fish.
Round two, 2 lbs. Round 3 Three whole pounds of

(04:25):
fish. Wow.
So yeah, a lot. So we got to buzz in.
We're buzzing in. OK for me to consider your
answer, and I take the quickest buzz because I'm respecting
everyone's time here. Now, don't forget, every host of
the show so far has been a liar and has included a fake correct
answer to one of the questions they've included.

(04:47):
I'm no different. Unfortunate.
If you catch me, you'll get 3 lbs of fish because I am.
I'm going to lie and you're going to catch me and you could
get 3 lbs of fish. If you're wrong about your
objection. I'm taking 3 lbs of fish back.
They're mine, I can do whatever I want with them.
And unfortunately, we haven't figured out how to put people in

(05:08):
fish debt yet. So you can't have negative.
No fish debt. Yet you can't have negative
pounds of fish. I've been assured that whenever
we unlock that technology, though, we're implementing that
right away and you're going to be subjugated to it.
So there's no IOU, 3 lbs of fishthat I have to hang.
No fish. Dead.
Yeah. No.
No fishing allowed. We haven't unlocked the text.

(05:28):
We leave the bus clean slate. Yep, cool, clean.
Late dude. So I had a question. 103 lbs of
fish. Are all of those pounds going to
be handed out today? Only portions.
Of that. We all get it right.
Whoever has the most pounds, I was going.
To say I don't think there's 103lbs up for grabs, no, there

(05:50):
aren't. Unless.
I want to keep some for myself, OK?
That's fair, I see. And that's because whoever has
the most pounds of fish will be the most popular lad at the
annual Davenport, IA fish fry. Of course.
I want to be most. Popular.
Are you currently the most popular lad?
Well, when I have. So no matter what, you are going

(06:11):
to be the most popular, correct?But we want to be second most
popular. Yeah, that's the goal here, to
be the second most popular. That's that's still pretty darn
good. I.
Guess. It's, I mean, it pales in
comparison, but. What?
What kind of fish are we talking?
Very confusingly, 10 pounders. They're called 10 pounders, AKA
ladyfish. They're not all 10 lbs, they're

(06:33):
various weights. And they're not all ladies.
No, they're not all ladies either.
So when we get a pound of fish we could be getting like 1/10 of
a 10 pounder. Correct.
That's 1 LB. But the 10 pounders themselves
aren't even 10 lbs. Some of them are 2 lbs OK, some
of them are 5 lbs. And you'll only be getting
fillets of their flesh. I'm not.

(06:54):
I'm not throwing an entire fish heads into the fish fry here.
I didn't realize you already. You already Floyd.
Yeah, I I say if you guess the one.
Ready. Got it.
Now I understand. Ready to go in the deep fryer,
Like ready to throw on the grill?
Yeah, we're ready for a fish fry.
Yes, yes. Not throw on the grill.
Are you kidding me right now at the fish fry?
Fucking me you're you ever grilled the fish, Cooper?

(07:16):
It's. Fucking amazing fish fry,
Cameron. Ohh, I'm sorry, Cooper.
It doesn't say only fried fish. It's.
At a fish fry fry, not a fish grill.
There the fish multiple fucking never been to a fish fry have.
You we are primarily frying the fish, but you can enjoy fish in
many forms. OK, it's open.
You can also fry a fish on a grill.

(07:36):
Yep, that's true. I'm already irrationally angry
at Cooper. There's always one person we.
Have lots of different ways to. Start it.
I'm sorry the. Most important rule that we.
Haven't even started and I'm ready to throw hands.
No Google, no search engines, AIcrystal balls whatsoever.
OK. Are we good?
What about what if I have the power of foresight?

(07:57):
I guess I can't stop you then. You'll just have to show that
you don't. Power answer now, Cameron.
Yeah, you better show off your powers now.
Answer to every question. What's the answer to the first
question, Cameron? So I have my little handy dandy
fish guide right here. Is this off the books?
Has he been reading up? Has he been studying?

(08:19):
You know, what's our sense on physical?
Voice play, you know. Yeah, OK.
If you can make use of that fishguide, more power to you.
OK, I'll give that to you. I'm going to see you going
through that. You've.
Got to flip through some pages pretty quick You're.
Going to have to be pretty darn quick with that.
You're going to have to know that in and out.
That's great. We just you're.
Still got to compete with the buzzer, yeah?

(08:43):
All right, all righty round. Let's get into it.
I'm ready. Play the round one Sound effect
starting off strong Okay, we're starting off in the lakes and
streams. This round is all about
freshwater. Remember 5 questions worth 1 LB
of fish each. So I took a quiz online called

(09:04):
What Kind of Freshwater Fish AreYou?
And I answered questions like what's your favorite Weezer song
and which of the nicknames that I call my cat do you like most?
What fish? Is this a buzz?
Yes, you're gonna buzz in for this one.
What fish am I? A rainbow trap?
Oh. They did not.

(09:25):
Go through the. Don't even need this.
I was giving. Don't even need the multiple.
Choice. OK, go ahead.
Oh man, I didn't realize there'sa multiple choice question but.
If you get this, I'm going to bevery impressed.
Small mouth bass. I'm sorry, that's incorrect,
Cameron. Rats.
Sunfish. Incorrect.
All right, I'm gonna, I'm gonna give you guys.

(09:46):
Is that is sunfish a freshwater fish?
Yes, uh huh. I don't know my fish.
Guy thinks he knows anything about fish.
See I think this is adding a unique.
Give me those multiple choice. Steven So Cooper gets first dibs
for the multiple choice here. I'll give you guys some leeway
because he didn't know A rainbowtrout, B freshwater drum, C

(10:07):
beluga sturgeon, or D the commoncarp.
Cooper, you get first dibs. I I'd feel bad if it was common
carp, but that that does kind ofhit.
Oh, that, that really brings with you for me.
Is that your final answer? What you saying?
About the name Cooper, if I'm ifI'm imagining taking an online
quiz and somebody gets common carp, it would be like

(10:29):
disappointing. Well, no, you may.
You may not be insulting Steven,but you're absolutely insulting
common carp right now. Carp are cool as shit.
It's true, yeah, but they're common.
That's true. And you would want to be a
silver carp, I think if you tookit because you want to be a
unique for. Sure, for sure.
I understand what Cooper's goingfor.
Unfortunately, that's incorrect.OK, All right.

(10:52):
Good on you, King. Good on you, King.
Go ahead, Go ahead. Yeah, I'll take another crack.
I'm going to say freshwater drum.
That is correct Calvin. You get 1 LB of fish.
Let's go a. Pound of freshwater drum for
that. No, it's all 10 pounders.

(11:14):
You get 1 LB of 10 pounder. Right, right, right.
Sorry, sorry, I don't we've already.
I'm not commingling the fish flesh.
I don't want to mix the flavors.Here's what the site told me.
This is their justification for me being a freshwater drum A.
Fish, can you send us this link so we can do it?
I'll send you this after the thing, and in fact, we'll post
it in the episode description sothat you all can see what

(11:38):
that's. A great idea.
Yeah, yeah, that'll be most of the description is just so.
Please comment what fish you are, what fish you became of the
freshwater fish. Now freshwater drum is a fish
with many nicknames, including the Russell fish, shepherd's
pie, Gray bass, Gaspar, goo, gaspar, goo, Spelt differently,
goo, grunt, grunter, grinder, gooble, gobble, and croaker.

(12:04):
You're known for your preferenceto what you know, one of the
only of your North American family to remain in freshwater
for their entire lives. You prefer things to be in their
place, though can be tolerant ofother environments you're forced
into. Some might call you stubborn and
a shut in, but you just know what you like.
You enjoy making friends. And then it keeps going on about
how I like video games. And your favorite Weezer song

(12:26):
is? My.
Favorite Weezer song? That is my favorite Weezer song.
I forget what I. Answered Steven.
It really it makes perfect sensebecause I've always called you
grunter. That's true.
So. That's always been my primary
I've. Always.
Called. Grunter.
Steven Ghoul spelled differently.
Gobble, you said. Gabba ghoul, Gabba ghoul, Gabba,

(12:49):
my little Gabba ghoul. And I've always loved that about
you. Hey.
I've always loved that aspect ofyou.
Yeah, that's one of my. Favorite grunts Calvin, Congrats
on the pound of. 10 Here's a 1 LB of 10 pounder.
Good job. OK, question 2.
This one's a little more serious.
Many fish in both fresh and saltwater can produce electrical

(13:10):
fields using what are called electric organs.
Saltwater is very conductive, while freshwater typically isn't
as conductive. So in order to maximize power
transfer, freshwater and saltwater fish electric organs
are uniquely arranged. Marine fish have their
electrocytes, which are like thecells that generate electricity,
arranged in parallel or one on top of the other in order to

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maximize amperage, while freshwater fish have their
electrocytes arranged in a series, one in front of the
other to maximize voltage. Electric fish use their
electricity to detect other fish, communicate with fellow
fish, and to stun and kill otherfish.
Now that this is related to the question I'm about to ask, this
is a trivia show and I wanted toshare some trivia.

(13:55):
To know. Yeah, that's just good to know.
This is related to electrical fish though, because the most
widely known electric fish is undoubtedly the freshwater based
and most powerfully electric electric eel.
But the eel part of electric eelis actually a misnomer.
What kind of fish is the electric eel most closely
related to? A catfish, B elephant fish, C

(14:21):
knife fish, or D the Loach Cooper I'll.
Say knife fish. Cooper, that is correct.
You get 1 LB of fish. Electric eels are most closely
related to South American knife fishes.
Knife fish swim by undulating their anal fins, which allows
them to swim without moving their body, allowing their

(14:41):
electrocytes to form a constant series, thus maximizing their
voltage. If and if electric eels aren't
really eels, what what is an eel?
They're just a different kind offish.
I don't know what do you mean bythat.
Don't know, don't ask me. Don't ask me, I don't know
anything about fish. Like what, what what?
What is an eel versus a fish? An eel is a type of fish an.

(15:02):
Eel is a type of fish. The.
Electric eels aren't actually aneel.
That's not what kind of fish they are.
They're a knife. They're knife fish.
Yeah, the one that you guessed correctly.
Which is a different type of fish.
They're the ones who makes anal fins not undulate, they're just
completely. What makes it not an eel is the

(15:23):
fact that it's not a fucking eel.
They just call it an eel. It's a night.
Fish it. Be an eel, you know.
Because it's a night. It's like, why can't a zebra be
like a koala? It's because they have so many
different physics. They're both mammals.

(15:44):
You're. Different, yeah, but what are
the different physical traits? OK.
So like, OK, knife fish if that's a question you could
have. Gotten there faster.
That's a good question, Cooper Knife fish that's.
Basically what I was. Asking OK, I understand you now.
You're gonna, you're gonna piss off him even more.
You're pissing him off so much. I need to get to this fish bra.

(16:05):
He's looking over at my pound with fish and his empty chair
next to him. I'm just piling up all this fish
on the chair next to me on the bus.
So knife fish, they have these anal fins that undulate along
the underside of their body and these move back and forth in
such a way it basically allows them to float back and forth
through the water without movingthe rest of their body so they

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can be completely still, thus maximizing their voltage.
OK, it's that sounds good. Is that?
Yeah, that's. It's just that easy.
It's just that easy. Electric eels can produce up to
860 volts and their discovery and study led to the invention
of the battery by Alessandro Volta in 1800.
Whoa. Yeah, we wouldn't have batteries

(16:51):
without electric eels. Thanks, electric eels.
Thank you, electric knife fish. There you go.
All right, let's start. Let's.
Start correcting. Let's correct everyone.
Yeah, let's let's let's start asking the real questions like
question three, we. Can be the change we want to see
in the world. Exactly.
An invasive species is a speciesthat has been introduced to an

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ecosystem outside of its native range.
Fish, especially freshwater fish, are kind of locked to
whatever area they're born in because they need to be in water
to move or breathe effectively for the most part.
Regardless, with a little help from us, freshwater fish have
been able to populate all sorts of lakes and streams where
they're not supposed to be. And one of the most frequent
causes of fish invading an ecosystem is actually children

(17:36):
flushing them down the toilet orthrowing them into a local pond
after they realize they can't properly take care of them or
they get too big. So I'm going to list 4 species
of fish and all but one of them were introduced to North America
in this exact way, IE residential home aquariums,
people throwing them out when they can't take care of them.
Which one is the odd one out? A walking catfish, B the crucian

(18:01):
carp, C the clown featherback orD the oriental weather Loach.
Cameron Loach, the Loach. That is correct.
The oriental weather Loach were actually introduced.
This is a real story by scientists accidentally.
They are a common model Organismbecause lots of study has been

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done on them and the response topollution in their native East
Asia. They're very Hardy and they can
breed like crazy, which is why they were accidentally released
into the Great Lakes by the University of Chicago in the
1950s, where they then bred out of control and colonized most of
the Great Lakes. Mississippi River Delta walking
catfish are a popular. So all of them are invasive,
just that's the one. That's the one by scientists

(18:46):
instead. Instead of random people, yeah.
Are walking catfish lungfish? No, they are catfish.
Interesting. They're popular tropical
freshwater fish legs and they grow way quicker than people
realize and can also, as the name suggests, walk or really
just kind of drag themselves with their pectoral fins to
enter other bodies of water. Crucian carp are better known as

(19:09):
goldfish, so I think there's no further introduction necessary
really. Yep, that's the official.
When I catch a goldfish, when I catch a crucian carp in Animal
Crossing, it looks different than a goldfish.
They're two different fish and. Goldfish have been bred for a
very, very long time. There's also like many, many

(19:29):
different types of goldfish too.Yeah.
Then why are they different in Animal Crossing though?
Oh, you can challenge it, Cooper, if you'd like.
I don't know. My Animal Crossing knowledge
tells me goldfish like this, crucian carp like this, and also
grey. OK, neither of them give you
very many bells, I'll tell you that.
Unfortunate. Yeah, they're very common.

(19:50):
I'll. Say that, I'll write that one
down. They're very common, the carp
What are. You challenging about that the
the crucian carp versus goldfishwas not the crux of that
question. Yeah, but.
No, you can challenge if you want what are.
You challenging? I'm let's just say I'm writing
it down for later. OK, OK, fair enough.
You can take. Notes.

(20:11):
Good for you. You never said we couldn't take
notes. Little do our contestants know
that this was the fake answer. Looks like they were fooled this
time. Of all of those fish I would
have expected, I would have expected the catfish to be the
least pet like. Now people like them because

(20:32):
they look cool. Catfish are cool.
Yeah, they are cool and they taste good, but they also grow
really, really, really quickly. You're.
Fucking crazy. Yeah, they're pretty nuts, and a
lot of people have catfish in their tanks without even
realizing it because they call them different things.
So I promise this entire episodeisn't just going to be me
listing four different types of fish and you pick one.

(20:54):
OK, as much as you guys would all enjoy that.
That being said, Glowfish Trademark Registered are
accidentally created by the National University of Singapore
after scientists genetically modified zebrafish using
jellyfish genomes with the goal of having fish change color and
polluted environments. Scientists then realized that

(21:15):
they looked pretty cool and thatthey finally had an opportunity
to make money. So they patented the idea and
after a couple years, Glowfish Trademark Registered was a
controversial hit. Glowfish Trademark Registered
come in many colors and species,but not all.
Which of these following colors is a made-up fabrication not
part of the Glowfish Trademark Registered brands?

(21:38):
Once again, pick one that's wrong.
A Sunburst Gold, B Electric Green, C Galactic Purple or D
Starfire Red Cameron. It was a.
Sunburst Gold. Yeah, that is correct.

(21:58):
I was gonna. Say what I what I would give for
Sunburst gold I. Was I was, I was going in my
head at the colors I saw last time I was at a an aquarium
store and I was like, ain't no gold.
Ones there we're at like a Meijer or a Walmart.
They're like everywhere. It's crazy.
So electric. Green fish.
Yes, you can buy fish. You can buy yes, cover, wait and

(22:19):
see. You hear about aquariums?
Yeah, you can buy them. You can put them in a bowl.
Have you been? Asking you about the ability to
buy fish in general, Cameron. I'm surprised that you could buy
fish at a Walmart. You've never bought a fish at a
Walmart? No, really, I have.
That's a very normal thing. Don't have a very limited
selection. Mainly it's like glowfish,

(22:41):
goldfish and then like. Neon.
Tetras, neon tetras. They'll have some.
Maybe. Some tiger barbs.
Yeah, you know the the classics Easy to take care.
Of or two. Or at least ones that people
think are easy to take care of. Yeah, and then they kill them.
Yeah, and then they kill them intwo weeks, but you know, that's
neither here nor there. Electric green was the first

(23:02):
colour they made during the original experiment using
jellyfish DNA. They also use DNA from coral to
introduce other colours such as purple and blue.
Glowfish were pretty controversial when they came out
because people were afraid that they would normalize
biotechnical engineering of animals and lead to less
scrutiny towards studying the hazards they might introduce.
The sale of blowfish is actuallybanned in the EU, and that's all

(23:25):
I have to say about that before it gets too.
Political. Yeah.
I I can imagine some kind of like genetic mutation stuff
that'd be like, don't put it in the water here because who knows
what else. They don't want them to breed
out of control and then like destroy everything.
Theoretically, but I think blowfish are probably fine.
Hopefully. They're probably, I hope.

(23:47):
We're still looking back on thisepisode a few years in the
future. Globe fish are.
Running their countries? Yeah, when they're burning our
crops. Steven wasn't afraid.
My attitude led to that, so question 5.
Speaking of politics, all but 3 presidents have owned pets, but
only one owned Andy Fish. Which president was a prolific

(24:08):
fishkeeper? A Theodore Roosevelt B.
Calvin Coolidge, C Ronald Reagan, or D Grover Cleveland
Cameron. That'll be my boy, Grover
Cleveland. Cameron, that's correct.
He did die on a boat. He did die on a boat.
He did die on a boat. That's kind of fish owner things

(24:30):
that they do. That's a fish owner kind of way
to die. I mean there are plenty of
people who die on boats who aren't fish owners, but people
who. There's considerable over.
Not a fish owner. What are you doing on a boat you
know? That's true, and there's
considerable. Overlaying places.
They're they're driving their car.
The. Overlap is not as much as I

(24:50):
think you guys are attributed, no?
It's it's a Venn diagram where the circles are are direct.
And I mean each other. I'm gonna go out on a limb and
say, yes, some people who are onboats are fish owners.
But those two things, OK, people.
Who die on boats are also on boats, so.
OK, Cameron, what do you agree with this sentiment?
Fish owners are more likely to be near the water or spend time

(25:13):
near the water than people who aren't fish owners more.
Likely yes. The answer is yes.
I don't know if I agree with that.
You think people who are fish owners are less likely to be
near the water? Then who?
Just other people. A lot of people spend time near
the water. Lots of people, but people who
own fish are more likely to spend more time near the water.

(25:33):
This is what I'm saying. Sure, I guess I'll agree with
that. Grover Cleveland We're getting
back to Grover Cleveland. He owned hundreds of exotic
imported fish and his most pridefish was a paradise fish given
as a gift from the ruler of Siam, now known as Thailand.
Additional fun fact about fish in Siam because I don't have
anything else to say. Beta fish are from Siam, which

(25:56):
is why they're sometimes called Siamese fighting fish.
People have been making them kill each other for fun for
about 1000 years. In 1850 fish fighting was so
popular the king of Siam imposeda tax specifically on beta fish
fighting. Dang.
I didn't even know you could like, make fish fight.
I didn't know that was a possibility.
They just hate each other. They're very territorial.

(26:16):
So you just. Unlocked my world.
Cooper, you're learning so much this episode.
Yeah, Cooper, you put 2 beta fish in a tank together and then
they'll beat the shit out of each other.
Dang, but they just hate each. Other run into each other.
They just like. Pretty much bite each other.
Oh, they bite each other. They definitely attack.

(26:37):
They nip each other's fins. Yeah, they flare up.
So does the beta fish, Does the beta fish that wins, does that
become the alpha fish? I knew he was going to make
that. Hell yeah, I think you would say
so, yeah. I think the sig.
Who's kind? Of like a Pokémon evolution sort
of thing. Yeah, the Sigma fish.
Wins. Fights.
Absorb the other fish. Yeah, they drag the bones of

(26:58):
their fallen enemies behind. Them Sigma fish doesn't fight at
all, he does his. He's outside the hierarchy,
yeah. Yeah, he's outside the.
Hierarchy. Some could say that we're the
Sigma fish. True, we're all Sigma fish in
our own way. Sigma fish are really the fish
that went on land and became. Yeah, Tiktaalik.

(27:19):
Became humans. That was the Cambrian explosion.
What's the what's the what's theone where the animals went up on
the where the fish went on the land?
Tiktaalis. I don't know what time frame
that occurred. Here to be.
Honest. It was a while ago.
Audience. Please answer that guy who used
to be our ancestor. He won.
He was. The Sigma, he was the the 2.

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Was the Sigma. So I think about that next time
you're feeling down people, you're related to a Sigma fish.
So pound check who's carrying the most weight.
I have 1 LB. Thank you, Cooper.
Calvin's got 1 LB. OK.
I've got 3. Pounds big boy, how did.
How did? Wow, you're pretty hungry, huh?

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Yeah, fucking a. He's going to be.
I don't know if I could eat 3 lbs of fish.
You're not going to eat at all. I mean, I'll take some we're.
Giving them out, Screw you. You know we're being popular at
this fish fry at the Davenport, IA fish fry.
OK, that's our goal here. The Davenport, IA fish fry.
Yeah, the. Annual Davenport, IA fish fry
where there's no fishing to be had.
Have you ever been to that, Steven?

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No, I'm excited to see it though.
He's going this year. Yeah, we're all going together.
We're going right now, so. We're on the.
Bus headed to Davenport, IA for said fish fry.
Excellent. And we're dragging a boat
behind. When When is the Daven Iowa port
fish fry? It's only in a couple hours, so
we're gonna be on time. We'd better hurry then.

(28:44):
Yeah, OK. We're gonna be on time.
Don't worry, I've checked. Something tells me the fish
fry's probably not in like late October.
Popular time to have fish. It's a popular fish fry time.
Yeah, people already, Yeah, nothing like nothing like a fish
fry on October 19th. Audience question.

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That's. Why?
It's actually on the day this comes out, it's true on.
The So I don't even know when this is coming out on October
23rd, 24th, 23rd OK 20. 3rd Nothing like a fish.
Perfect. Yes.
On today's. Date of October. 23rd, 2025 We
are having the annual Davenport,IA fish fry.

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Whether they are there or not. Whether they like it or not.
Just US 4 sitting in the middle of their town square.
We're on the Main St. Like on the.
Fish rack we're ready to fry with our grills somehow.
We have 103 lbs of fish. Yeah, and it's all fresh.

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Somehow still, I've kept it frozen.
I've kept it raw on the seat next to me.
It's been fermented. Well, that's, that's why, that's
why there's no one else on the bus today.
It's just us 4 because we've we've made the back of the bus
in aquarium where all of these fishers.
For the round, for the flesh of the fish.
That we have. That I've already filleted.

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That he's already filleted. Yeah, yeah, it's.
Just floating in the water. Audience Question Time.
I'm doing the audience question this time.
You're welcome, editors. You know what you don't get off
the hook that easily? Add in a can opening sound
effect right now. Wait, I can do that?
Add another one here. Also add sounds of the beach

(30:32):
playing in the background now. You're welcome.
The audience question is what living non extinct species of
fish? And this is related to what we
were talking about just before is considered to be the most
closely related to people. I repeat, what living species of
fish is most closely related to you and I?

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We're awaiting your answers on Spotify Audience.
Think about that. And we're back.
Thank you for all of that work Editor.
Thank you. Round 2 We've taken the river to
the ocean, Now we're on to the marine.

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Five questions worth 2 lbs of fish each.
So we're going the long way around the earth to get to no.
This is all theoretical. This is hypothetical.
We are actually driving our bus to Davenport, IA.
This is just. This is not all of this is not.
This is a. Trivia show to.
Davenport. What do you mean this is
theoretical? This is hypothetical.

(31:37):
We're taking the river to the oceans.
This is we're not actually trying on a boat.
From the river to the ocean, Theocean we're driving to, we're.
Driving to Davenport, that's what's actually happening, OK,
In the world of our questions, we're traveling to the ocean, so
that makes sense. I.
Was with the whole time. Yeah, Calvin.

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Calvin was like, these guys think we're going to the ocean.
Come. On.
Yeah. Come on.
These fucking. Idiots, who am I living with?
Question 6. We are entering the brackish
bonus round an environment. Being brackish means that it's
an area where fresh and salt water mix, like where the river
meets the ocean. This creates an environment

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where only the toughest, hardiest fish can survive, like
the ferocious Colombian shark orthe persistent bumblebee gobi.
What makes being in a marine environment dangerous for
freshwater fish and vice versa? And what adaptations do fish
have to help them survive in these environments?
2 lbs to other ants. And what specifically makes

(32:40):
these environments hazardous? An additional £2 to anyone who
can answer what adaptations fishhave to survive in these
environments. Calvin.
All right, so the the salt concentration in the water is Oh
my gosh, going back to my chemistry days, salt either

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wants to get into the fish or itwants to get out of the fish.
In a freshwater fish, the salt wants to get out and they have
cells that are I'm going to confuse hypertonic and hypotonic
I. Mean I wouldn't have known
either words, so I think you're OK.
Osmosis. He's talking about osmosis.
It is. Osmosis, yeah, and.

(33:22):
Then botonic to hypertonic flow.And the opposite in saltwater
fish, where the salt wants to gofrom the water into the fish, so
they have to keep the salt out. OK, yeah, I'll give you that
one. So you get 2 lbs now, two
additional pounds if you can answer.
And because you buzzed in so quickly and I'm respecting

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everyone's time, what adaptations do fish have to
survive in these environments? How do they deal with this?
Is this on Calvin? This is on Calvin.
They poop out. Because he buzzed in.
Don't say what I said. No, I don't.
I don't think I can add on to myanswer.
So OK if somebody else wants to buzz in.

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He's all salt. Buzzer is back on the table,
Cameron. They poop out the the additional
salt when they when their bodiesdetect a change.
OK, how about freshwater fish? They eat the poop of the other.
Oh yeah. That's not quite the answer,
Cavern. The circle of life is just

(34:25):
pooping and eating poop. Yeah, when it all comes down to
when you get down the breast tacks, Cooper, do you want to
take a stab at the bonus question?
I I don't know if I can put so you.
Can be us something? So we're accepting Calvin's
answer of salt. Salt water, the salt water
environment, it sucks the water out of the fish, and the

(34:47):
freshwater environment, you know, it's forcing water into
the fish essentially. And we're saying how are
brackish fish different that allow them to live in that in
between? I guess how do fish, what
adaptations do fish have to survive in salt water
environments versus freshwater environments?
Like what? What anatomically is different

(35:08):
about these fish based off of what environment they live in?
Yes, I believe their gills are slightly different because
because because the. Wonderful things he does.
Because the the freshwater gillsdon't like salt, and the

(35:32):
saltwater gills do like it. So the saltwater gills allow
salt to pass through the freshwater.
Fish. And the freshwater's kind of
filter it out. So I, I'm going to say like

(35:53):
Cameron and Cooper were like 1/3, right?
They were both like 1/3 right Each 2.
Thirds of a pound. I'm not going to go to that
madness. We haven't figured out how to do
fractions of fish yet, so I'm not.
Can we just each get a pound? You know what?
Yeah, sure, that works for me. You both get 1 LB.
Sorry, I didn't so. So what's the what's the real

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answer? So saltwater fish, yeah,
basically just barely pee and they are constantly secreting
salt from their gills that they're like collecting, while
freshwater fish are basically constantly pissing and they
collect salt in their gills likethe few salt that's in the
environment so that they can. Have.
So the thing that that is uniqueamong or common between them is

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they're always being. Saltwater fish barely pee.
Freshwater fish barely pee. I thought you said peeing.
Yeah. So that's how they kind of keep
equilibrium. You know the saltwater fish?
They're trying to get rid of allthe salts in their body.
So fish that live in brackish water are just peeing like 50
fish. Yeah, they're kind of.
A moderate. They're kind of 6.

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They dialed it, they dialed it up, but it's not constant.
Yeah. Like me, I pee moderately.
No, not too much. Not too.
Much. I'm very proud I'm.
Gonna say yeah. Liquid goes in and you know.
Stevens always said that about me, that I peed just the right
of me. When we when we frequently speak
about these sorts of things, I often have this to say about
Cooper, he pees. You know, if I took a fish quiz,

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I would have been a brackish fish.
That's all I'm saying. True.
I think that question 2 of Round2 or question 7, Shark Week.
It's in the annual week long programming block dedicated to
seemingly everyone's favorite saltwater fish, the shark.
Sharks have been around for a really long time.

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Longer than bones, longer than trees, longer than the rings of
Saturn and the North Star. But how long has Shark Week been
around? What year did Shark Week first
start? Closest answer wins.
Shark Week, Hoo ha. Cameron. 1983. 1983 OK, good.

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Answer. Write that down, Cooper.
I probably would have said the 80s as well.
I'll do 88. 1988 and Calvin. I got really excited.
I thought it was going to be like a shark biology question.
None of that and it. Ended up being shark television
and I was. Like, you know, Shark week is
older than this. The rings of Saturn.
That's true. And then I'll say 1982.

(38:24):
All right. And the closest answer was
Cooper. You get the 2 lbs of fish.
Shark Week started and has been a thing since 1988, and it's
kind of always been what it is now.
And 20. Wait, so I nailed it.
Yeah, you got it right on. Dead on.
Yeah. So good work, Cooper.
Very impressive. He knows his shark week in 2010.

(38:46):
I know my shark week. It became the longest.
Things I know Shark Week and Animal Crossing vision.
That's true, and he knows how topee in moderation as well.
As I always said, yeah, in 2010,don't.
You. Fucking forget it became the
longest running cable televisionprogramming event in history.
About one in five episodes featured a great white shark,

(39:08):
and they've also featured programs on a voodoo shark,
megalodons attacking the Nazis, cocaine shark sharks, Michael
Phelps racing a shark. You guys remember that?
And Shaquille O'Neal. I do remember that.
They just had an episode about Shaquille O'Neal for no reason.
Cuz he's a shark. I guess so like mentally.
Is he on? Is he on and Shark Tank?

(39:28):
They have hosts. I was gonna say you on Shark
Tank? I don't think so.
I don't think Shaq has been on Shark.
He would be good. Then it would be Shack 10.
Yeah. Was this in Shackerty?
Was this in Shackerty they talk about?
Who was not? That was not in Shackerty.
That would have been a good one.Yeah, but he did host Shark
Week, and he also had something themed around him.
Good for Shack. For shack, Yeah, good for him.

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Good. For shack you had another W for
the shack. Question 3.
Finding Nemo. It came out in 2003 and made a
billion dollars, was the first Pixar film to win the best
Animated Feature award at the Academy Awards.
It got a lot of children into marine biology and it has a lot
of fish in it, but I only care about the name of one particular

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fish. The film stars Nemo the child,
Marlon the father. But what is the name of the
mother who dies right at the beginning of the film?
I'm going to let she's named. She is named.
She has a name. I'm going to let you guys keep
guessing until one of you gets it right.
I'm not even doing buzzer. Just throw them out.
Wow. Just go.
Sheila. Sheila No.

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Sheila feels right. Name a woman.
Just name, name names and you know the name Nemo.
Darla. Marlon.
Darla. Somebody else, Darla.
Is someone else? That's not correct.
Keep going, Annie. I'm going to let you guys keep
guessing until you get it right.Keep going, Rebecca.
Marine. Nope.
Nope, I'm, I'm just gonna Stephanie, I'm just gonna point
it out when you get it right. Angela.

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Deborah Brittany I'm feeling I need to I need to stay water.
It's ocean themed, I'll give youthat.
OK, Pearl. Tune.
Pearl's good. Shelly.
Coral. Boom, Cooper got it right.
Her name is Coral. Whoa, I don't even remember that

(41:16):
from the movie. That was just like.
You just know it. A vision.
It gave it to be a division, yeah.
That's a good name. It fits.
That's a good name. I guess so biologically, Marlon
would have become a girl after Coral died, therefore becoming
Nemo's new wife. Funtrivia.com Wife.
Yes, that's how it works in the animal Kingdom.

(41:38):
Nemo. He was born to a wife being
Marlin after Coral died. That's just how it works.
funtrivia.com has this to say about Coral.
She died in the beginning of themovie.
This is a sad part because all but one of the eggs was eaten.
So true. funtrivia.com. That is sad, yeah.
Settling out for Coral, now you know her name of the of the fish

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that died at the beginning of the movie.
Now you know. Now, you know, we've all wanted
to know this question 4, or I guess what would this be nine
overall. It would be question 4 of Round
2. That's how I'm gonna phrase them
from now. I'm not doing the question nine
thing anymore. You didn't.
You hadn't. Started.
I break convention. That's why I did the names

(42:24):
backwards. I just do things differently.
I do things a little differently.
I appreciate that about you. Thank you.
The deep ocean was long assumed to be uninhabitable until we
actually started going down there.
Turns out tons of fish exist down there.
As documented on Finding Nemo, They primarily sustained
themselves off of all the crap that dies in the upper layers of

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the ocean. The deepest parts of the ocean
are part of the Hadel Zone, named after Hades, the Greek God
of the underworld. This zone stretches from 20,000
feet to as deep as 36,000 feet. That's nearly 100 miles deep or
as deep as Texas is long. But what fish as of today's date
has been recorded at the deepestdepths and today's date being

(43:07):
October 23rd, 2025. 23rd 2020 Yep.
That's the date. You're really banking on us not
finding something between our recording.
I think I'm good. Oh, Cameron, I was going to give
options, but go ahead, I. Want to say it's an octopus?
That's not a fish. I specified fish.
Bummer. Yikes, you want?

(43:28):
To read off the options. Yeah, let's go ahead.
You just lost all your fish flesh for that bad boy Cameron.
It's not the octopus episode. Oh yeah, they're not.
Fish. Oh Yikes.
I'd like to hear the the multiple choice.
Let's let's let's list those outA snail fish, B Lantern fish, C

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bristle mouth or D Viper fish Calvin.
I'm going to say Viper fish. That is incorrect pooper.
I'll do bristle mouth. That is also incorrect.
Cameron, you threw away your answer.
I'm not giving you another chance.
He said he said octopus. Fuck you, Cooper, don't you?

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God damn, start with me, yeah. Even Cooper.
Knows more while I'm down. What were the other two?
The other two were Lantern fish and snail.
Fish. I'm feeling Lantern fish is
next. Is it?
I feel Well, I'm gonna disagree.I think it's snail fish.
Calvin would be correct. Cameron, what do you think?
He's not getting the fish. He's not getting the fish

(44:32):
because you guys got it wrong. Those fish are staying with,
yeah. I'm keeping those ones.
You're not getting those. The answer is snailfish.
Snailfish. So a juvenile snailfish was
observed at a depth of 27,000 feet off the coast of Japan in
one of their many deep ocean trenches.
They have like a tadpole lookingbody shape and they have loose
gelatinous skin and are actuallyvicious predators with huge

(44:54):
stomachs and are the most commonfish in the heddle zone of the
deep ocean. I eat the deepest part, Lantern,
fish, blobfish. Snailfish.
Snailfish. Yeah, they're the most common,
the deepest part of the ocean. Can I look up what a snailfish
looks like? You know what, for this purpose,
go ahead, look it up. They have a tadpole shaped body.

(45:14):
They're white. They're goofy.
Yeah, they are kind of goofy. And they're put those on the
screen. Put.
They are. They are kind of cute in a weird
way, yeah. I agree, little beards.
They look like, do you know the one Muppet that's like blue and
he's got like he's older and hasa beard.
I know what I'm talking about. I know what you're talking.

(45:35):
About it looks kind of like. Editor put that muppet over
Cooper's face Cam for one secondand then put a snail fish over
Cameron's face Cam. Overlay it on to me so it looks
like that muppet is talking for the rest of the episode.
Yeah, photo. Edit the video so that it syncs
up perfectly. You know what it kind of looks
like? It kind of looks like a like a

(45:57):
seal. It does.
I think it has a doggish kind offace like you see.
Yeah, it's kind of doggish. Kind of.
But they named it after a snail.What's up with that?
Oh, cuz it has loose, gelatinousskin like a snail.
We all. Yeah, we don't.
We all. I think you're alone on that
one, Cooper. What?

(46:18):
What? What?
How is it? I have a little more to say
about the other fish in this answer.
So Lantern fish, they don't looklike angler fish.
I know what you guys are thinking.
That's probably what you're thinking.
They're not. They're like bioluminescent
sardines. Go ahead, look them up.
I don't care. They are bioluminescents are

(46:38):
deep. That's funny.
They're the most common fish in the deep ocean in general.
Bristle mouse are these freaky looking fish with huge mouths
and tons of tiny razor sharp bristle like teeth and are the
most common fish in the ocean overall.
And they're probably the most common vertebrates in the world.
Yes, bristle mouse. Look them up and then just
stomach that. Yeah, that gives me the This is

(47:00):
man. The most common vertebrate in
the world. Yes, they're an estimated 1
quadrillion bristle mouths editor.
Go ahead and put these fish up on the screen as we're talking
about them. Also add a.
Will do. This.
The editor will love to do this,but you don't have to worry.
That gives me the heebie jeebies.

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But don't worry though, because they're only one to three inches
long, so. Yeah.
Oh, great. So there can be a million of me
when I'm swimming in the dark, deep ocean.
Yeah, but they're not going to eat you Viper fish.
Yeah, they'll just however are also extremely common and like
bristle mouse, they have long needle like teeth, but they grow
much larger and about 1 foot on average.
See, I don't know why that bothers me less, actually.

(47:41):
I guess it's just bristle mouth is a scary name.
I think it's the fact that they're not teeth.
It's the not teeth part that scares you.
It's the not teeth part that. That means they're less likely
to be able to. Get you They wanna gum me I.
Could deal with being bit the bristle mouth just they make me.
I don't know, that strikes something primal.

(48:02):
Primal set of. Fear.
Primal fear of bristles. Yeah, I don't know why.
So all of these fish have some form of bioluminescence.
Shut up, Cooper. Yeah, Cooper, what do you know?
Well, you know what? A fish.
You know that an octopus isn't afish?
I guess so. OK, excuse.
Some of us. Some of us, Cooper does know a
little bit. It's a self-proclaimed fish guy.

(48:24):
That's a miss on my part. Yeah, but all of these fish that
I just listed, they're all bioluminescent, and they use
their faint glow to camouflage their silhouettes against the
moonlight when they make their daily migrations to the surface
to feed. I'm sorry they go all the way up
and down. I'm sorry, some of these fish go
all the way up and then down. So like the Viper fish and the
bread every day? Every day.

(48:46):
It's called Dial vertical migration.
That's terrifying. So yeah, at night, when it's
really dark and the predators can't see them as well, they go
up and they eat all the little larvae that are floating around.
And then as soon as the sun starts to come out, they sink
down to the bottom of the ocean.And they're actually
bioluminescent. And they use that faint glow to
camouflage their silhouettes against the moonlight.

(49:07):
So that way predators that are looking at them from below,
don't you know, see them? Our light matches It disguises
pretty cool. Yep, Deep Ocean's pretty cool.
I could probably do an entire episode, but I won't, so this is
what you get. The deep ocean is terrifying it.
Is there's lots of freaks? Down bristles everywhere.
The fact that there's probably abunch of shit down there that we

(49:28):
just straight up haven't discovered.
There's so much shit that we haven't discovered down there.
Every time we go to the deep ocean, we discover a new species
of fish. We're going on to question 5
now. Question 5.
Also question 10. Also question 10 for those
keeping track at home. When an elephant dies in
captivity, heavy machinery such as cranes or loaders are used to

(49:50):
lift and move the several ton body.
The other elephants often remainnearby and witness the process
as staff transport the body to anecropsy site or burial area.
Fish swim to get around their environments for the most part,
but fish have so many different fins and body shapes which means
there are many different ways toswim and all of them are
classified differently. For example, sub mangiform

(50:11):
movement is what trout do for the majority of the work is done
by the back half of their body. Swimming picture if you will and
eel swimming. We all know what an eel is,
right Cooper? Their entire body is working
equally hard at a constant amplitude.
What is their method of swimmingcalled?
A gemontiform, B anguilliform, Cocilliform, or D marea form

(50:36):
Cameron. C ocilliform.
That is incorrect. Calvin, damn it, you got me.
I. Tricked you?
Good one. That was a good one.
Anguilla form, That is correct. See, that's some fish knowledge
where it actually comes in use. Anguilla form?
Is it not just called undulating?
Anguilla form. Shut up, Cooper.

(50:57):
So that full body undulation that eels do to swim is called
anguilliform movement and it's because their bodies are so long
and noodle like this allows themto fit into crevices other fish
can't get into and allows them to turn on a dime.
Many eel shaped fish share this form of movement such as lame
praise and hagfish. Look those up, they're freaky.
Gemontophora movement is what the previously mentioned knife

(51:18):
fish and electric eels used to get around and allows them to
keep their body very straight. Oscilliform movement is what
skates and rays do where they flap their giant wing looking
pectoral fins up and down. And I made-up more air form
movement but no one fell for it so.
I would have. OK, don't worry.
It's OK, oscilliform. I guess I just thought an

(51:39):
oscilloscope. OK.
They oscillate, Yeah. I was right there with you,
Cameron. Shut up, Cooper.
Well, I guess you know skates and Rays.
They also oscillate when they move their things up and down.
Yeah, but it's not in the same way that you would expect.
You said that you the eels move with an amplitude waves,
oscillation waves, amplitude. Waves on the wall.

(52:04):
I did, I did read that specifically to mislead you all
so haha you fell for it so silly.
Gotcha. Pound.
Check. That's fine too.
Hey, we're doing a pound check now.
How much weight you hauling? I'm hauling 6 lbs.
I've got 5 lbs. I got 4 lbs It's.

(52:25):
Very competitive. It's it's going to be anyone's
game. # city in here. Whoa, whoa.
Remember, that's true. That doesn't happen until we get
to Iowa, baby. That's after the fish fry get
it. Round 3 we went from fresh
excellent to salt and our final stop for today is the end of

(52:47):
your line. I'm getting reeled up.
Davenport. Davenport This final round's all
about Davenport Our final round five questions for 3 lbs of fish
each is going to be all about fishing and the food that ends
up on your table. Question one of round three,
also known as question 11. Colloquially, largemouth bass

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are one of the most popular sport fish in the world due to
their hardiness and their ability to put up a good fight.
So much so that you can now go bass fishing all over the world,
despite the fact that they are native to the eastern and
central United States. We spent a lot of time this
episode concerned with the pounds of fish.
But what is the weight of the largest largemouth bass ever

(53:34):
caught in pounds and Oz? The closest answer wins Calvin.
Largemouth bass. I'm going to say 16 lbs six
ounces. OK, Cooper. 23 lbs four ounces.
All right. And then Cameron. 23 lbs and 9

(53:56):
ounces. See, he's playing strategically.
Box me. In actually, my first thought
was 23 LB and 6 oz, but that seemed a little too close.
OK, so you wanted to leave some distance?
Leaving a little bit room of room between.
And in case it was in between, you know, so the closest the
answer was Cooper, you get 3 lbs.

(54:17):
Of fish. The correct answer is 22 lbs.
And 4 oz. Or 22 lbs.
And 5 oz, which I'll explain. The largest largemouth bass by
weight has actually been tied. The first was caught in 1932 by
a fellow by the name of George Perry at Montgomery Lake in
Georgia, clocking in at 22 lbs. Four ounces.

(54:38):
The record was then considered tied about 80 years later by
Manuba Korita on Lake Bawa in Japan, weighing in at 22 lbs and
5 oz. So records are considered tied
because the IFGA does not consider a record beaten unless
the original is surpassed by a full 2 ounces.
Wow. So that's bullshit.
Yeah, but also like I don't think George, I'm not sure how

(55:00):
accuracy George Perry's measurements were back in the
1932. Who said the guy after that had
accurate measurements? Well, that was verified.
Technology advanced. I guess I don't know.
I, I don't know. That's up to the IFGA and that's
their policy. I was only a pound off.
Yeah, you were pretty darn close.

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Good job, Cooper. I think I've caught a fish that
big in a Animal Crossing. I'm very proud of you, Cooper.
Thank you. Question 2 of round three, also
known as Question 12, the red mullet is a small, vividly red
fish that lives in the coastal Mediterranean and primarily
feeds upon oysters and clams. And for hundreds of years during

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the Roman Empire, it was worth its weight in silver.
This was both because of its scarcity and because it tasted
really good. There was a lot of folklore
surrounding the fish. It is believed that you had to
kiss each fish on the mouth to allow it to cook properly and
was considered sacred by the agricultural goddess Demeter.
It's flesh was also believed to possess miraculous properties

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which contributed to its worth. Which of the following uses were
not attributed to the flesh of the red mullet?
A Suppressing sexual desire. B Curing alcoholism.
C encouraging hair growth or D acting as a contraceptive
Cooper. Which one's fake?

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I think the first one, I think it was an aphrodisiac.
Cooper, you would be incorrect, Calvin.
I think it's the hair thing because you can't just call a
fish a mullet and not attribute it to hair.
All right, you're correct, encouraging hair growth was not
a property held by the red mullet.
So the fish supposedly had the properties of suppressing sexual

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desire, which was always useful in a roaming banquet, curing
alcoholism of anyone if left to ferment in wine.
So the taste probably did that and then acting as an effective
contraceptive if it had not suppressed your sexual desire
enough, it was not known to encourage hair growth.
But even back then male pattern baldness was a problem people
wanted to solve. And even back then they were

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talking about mullets, so. My favorite?
Things are as old as the rings of Saturn.
Yeah, as the rings of sat as thetrees.
Please share some information. I love that the solution to
drinking too much is oh just have some fish soaked in alcohol
and then you'll never want to drink again.
The. Flavor would do that a little.

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Kind of checks out. Yeah, that makes sense.
I mean honestly though, he's right.
If I drank that after a heavy night of drinking, I would.
You wouldn't want to touch it again.
Never, ever ever ever ever ever drink.
Again, that would do it. So I guess there was some merit
to that one, and maybe it also suppresses sexual desire, but I
don't know. Yeah, mostly because you're
probably puking everywhere. Yeah, I can.

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I can imagine you wouldn't want to have sex after drinking a
fermented fish and alcohol. Question 3.
If you're into it. No, we're going into question 3
now. Question three, also known as
question 13. Sometimes the most important
factor for which fish are high in demand and which ones aren't
is the fish's name. There are several instances of
marketing teams renaming fish sothey sound more appetizing.

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A fish called the dolphin was originally considered bycatch,
or an accidental byproduct of fishing for swordfish and tuna.
Commercial fishing was renamed to the dolphin fish to stop
people from thinking they're actually eating dolphins.
Fishermen then started to call it it's Spanish name the Dorado
or it's Hawaiian name the Mahi Mahi to further distance the
fish from its original name. And now it's considered a

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luxurious fish and is on the menu of every coastal seafood
place. Forgive me, I'm going to list a
bunch more fish names that you may or may not recognize.
Your job is to pick out the fakebecause I'm so original.
Which of these renames is fake? A.
The Patagonian toothfish and theAntarctican toothfish were
renamed to the Chilean sea bass.B The slime head was renamed to

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the orange roughy. C The silver carp, big head carp
and grass carp were all collectively renamed to the copi
or D The puppyfish was renamed to the red drum Cameron.
See. That is incorrect.
They have started calling silvercarp, Big Head Carp and Grass
Corp Copi Calvin. Oh, I don't remember the actual
names like the but. BB slime head into orange

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roughy. That is also incorrect, Cooper.
So. A was Patagonian toothfish and
Antarctican toothfish. I keep saying Antarctican is
Antarctic toothfish into Chileansea bass.
D was puppyfish into red drum. Which one's the faker?
Do the puppy fish? Pooper, that is correct.

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Whoa, got the 5050? Yeah, I could do that.
See, sometimes there's benefits to being last.
So the red drum has pretty much always primarily been called the
red drum. That one was the faker, but did
have a similar marketing issue and was considered a junk fish
until the 80s. Celebrity Cajun chef Paul
Pratham introduced America to his recipe called the blackened

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redfish, which was so popular and almost drove the species
extinct. One for being a junk fish to
becoming so popular it almost went extinct all because of 1
trendy recipe. So that's proof that marketing
is everything. And is puppy fish like a
different? Yeah, that's a different kind of
fish, but it has never been called the red drum before.
Until now. Until.
Now. Until just now, all right.

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I'll call it the red drum. I you know what, Cooper?
I hope you start a wave. And I hope this thing becomes
even more dated because of your efforts.
Question 4. Perfect.
Also known as question 14. Why do I keep doing this?
As much skill as a factor in successful hook and line
fishing. At the end of the day, a good
portion of your success comes down to luck.

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This has naturally led to many superstitions forming around
good and bad luck. When fishing.
You all have probably heard thatyou're not supposed to bring
bananas on the boat. It's bad luck.
I'll know where this one originates.
Some say it's because the rock quicker, some say it's because
they smell of bananas. Repels fish.
Most of the time. If you see like 400 explanations
for some weird old thing, it's because no one knows.

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But what are some other widespread superstitions?
I'm not very creative. Three of these are real, 1 is
fake. You get it by now.
So is it true that there's a superstition that black
suitcases and briefcases mean bad luck?
B. That setting an odd number of
Nets equals bad luck? C That saying the word rabbit is

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bad luck, or D catching a fish on the first cast is bad luck?
Cameron. It was B.
Setting an odd number of Nets. You are correct.
Setting an odd number of Nets isactually considered good luck.
Setting an even number is considered bad luck.
Yep. So one common thing.

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That's so. Yeah it is weird.
So one common theme. I noticed that a lot of things
are considered bad luck on land are considered good luck at sea
and vice versa. So like Black Cats for instance.
I didn't include this one, but Black Cats are considered good
luck on the boat, while rabbits are considered bad luck.
Wishing someone good luck beforethey go out is similarly black
bad luck for fishermen. Black bags are considered bad

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luck because they're too similarto coffins.
If you catch a fish on your first catch, you won't get
another bite for the rest of thefishing trip.
That's a superstition. How fun.
Dang, those fishermen. Also that thing about red sun at
night. Yeah, there's, there's so many.
I only included a couple. I'm not superstitious when it

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comes to fishing, but I think it's fair to say I am a little
stitious. OK, nice.
I'm moderate stitious, all things in my.
That's the way to be, really. I think so.
I'm stitious like I pee moderately.
Exactly as we all know. You gotta stop that.
You, you gotta stop you. Someone's gotta stop this guy.

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Like this? Hey, Cameron, can I talk to you
over? Here real quick you guys, you
can't talk about your pee anymore.
No more pee talk. So before we do this last
question, I'm going to go through a quick FAQ and share
the answers to some commonly asked fish questions.
Are you ready? Fish frequently asked questions.

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Efficiently asked questions. This one's for free.
Yo question do fish feel pain? Drop the knowledge.
Answer yeah, they respond to negative physical stimuli and
have been shown to have a traumaresponse.
So yes they do feel pain and fishing does hurt them.
Do fish sometimes die after I catch and release them?
I guess it depends if they're indeep water and how rough you

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treat them and what condition they're in.
Before, yeah they could probablydie, but in most cases they'll
survive, they'll just be very hurt.
Do fish sleep? No, not really.
Yeah. Nope, they kind of rest, but
they can't close their eyes because they don't have eyelids
except for a few of them. The technical definition for
sleep requires your eyes to be closed, or at least your eyelids

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to be closed. They don't technically sleep,
but they rest, they say. And also.
To add on to that, they have to keep water moving over their
gills so that they can breathe, so they can get the oxygen from
the water, so they have to keep moving so you can't rest in
place for. Long they can still do motions
where they can force water over the grills for sharks that's

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true because they don't have flaps that can create that kind
of movement. So that's why they're pretty
much doing that. But otherwise, and then do fish
chew their food? No, that would cause them to
suffocate. And chewing food in a watery
environment is a really good wayto lose it all and have it fall
out or escape, especially when you catch fish.
Live with your mouth. Okay, that's my FAQ.

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Efficiently ask questions, yo. Drop the knowledge.
Drop the knowledge that one's for free.
Bring us home. All right, question 5.
Now the final hotly anticipated question.
In this episode, I have been giving you my fish.
I blood, blood and guts catchingthese fish, which mirrors the

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real life sacrifice our brave fishermen make every single day.
You keep taking and taking and taking and you've never
questioned what you've been doing to me.
So now I'm taking control again.I'm taking my control.
How many pounds of fish do I still have?
I've been keeping track this entire time of how many pounds

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of fish I have, The closest weight wins.
Oh man, can I use a calculator? Sure, why not?
No Google. Nope, no, Well, Google.
I don't know AI, no. AI no crystal Buzz, we're ready
to go. Are we all answering?
Cooper, you have. I'm going to give you 10 more

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seconds. OK, I'm ready.
All right, Calvin. 79 lbs. All right, Cameron. 86 lbs.
Cooper, 74. Pounds.
The correct answer is 76 lbs. Cooper, you are the closest.
You can't get away with this. 76lbs.

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Well, you gave out an extra bonus too.
I factored that into it, but I didn't award you the 2 lbs for
one of the other. Questions.
The one we didn't get. I took that into account.
I forgot about that. 76 lbs I currently have. 6 lbs of fish.
That's funny, Cooper. Thank you.

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Thank you you. Know Cooper, you're a funny guy.
You're, you're a real, you're anupstanding guy.
Of my original 103 lbs, I have 76 left.
Well. We're going to do a point check
though. You have you have 73 now, right
because. That's right.
You know what? Yeah, I'm writing that down 73.
Boom. We're going to do a quick point

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check, but are we sitting at? I finished with 8 lbs of fish
today. 8 lbs Or I currently have8 lbs of fish I believe we still
have. Yes, no one has challenged me,
but we're going to keep going. I have 15 lbs. 15 lbs.
Holy smokes, Cooper's the guy tobeat.
I got 7 lbs. 7 lbs. It's OK, it's more fish than

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anyone can eat. You just won't be the second
most popular person at the annual Davenport, IA fish fry
unless you get this right. So we're going to do the
challenge question. As I reminded you, I'm a liar.
One of these questions is wrong.Or at least the answer was
wrong. I lied about the answer, so I
assume you all would like a refresher of the questions

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asked. All I have written down is
crucian carp question mark, question mark, question mark do.
You want to make that your. Challenge A quick recap.
Yeah, OK. We can do this.
What's here? OK.
So they repeated all the questions so they could remember
what they were. All right, I think I know what I
want to challenge. Go ahead, Cooper.

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I'm going sunburst gold, baby. Sunburst gold.
It's too good to not be true. Cooper that is incorrect.
Sunburst Gold, I actually made it up.
The real name is Sunburst Orange, so I changed it to gold.
So that's why it sounds good. I was thinking like, no way.

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You came up with Sunburst. Yeah.
That just sounds like like a finish for your electric guitar
to me, that's why. Don't you want to fish that
color? Though it it is, it is a finish
for her. To Yeah.
It is just straight up is. Maybe not specifically sunburst
gold, but the sunburst I know isa popular finish style.

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I think sunburst gold sounds pretty real.
I'm proud of that one. It's pretty good.
Yeah, that one was factual. So sorry Cooper, I'm taking 3
lbs of fish back. I'm gonna challenge the question
about the electric eel. OK.
I don't think it's technically aknife fish.

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So the question itself was whichone is most closely?
Is it closely related to? Oh, sure.
So I'm, I'm, I'll stand by it. OK, well you're wrong.
So it is most closely related tothe South American night fish.
I'll stand on that. OK, you know I appreciate a
person who stands by their answer, but I'm also taking back

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another 3 lbs of fish. So if I get this right, I think
I win. I have 12.
You will be third most popular if you get it right.
I think it's the, I think it's the I'm challenged in the Oscar
oscilloscoping, the wave thing that I was talking.
About. Oscilloform movement Movement.

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Cameron that's incorrect. It was in glia form because that
is the scientific name for eels,which is eel like movement.
So Anguia days what? Was the challenge.
The fake answer, the one I lied about because I'm such a common
liar, was the Crucian carp Cooper.
I tried. I hinted at it and everything,

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and I thought you were going to get it because I love it when
people get it. Are you kidding me?
Yep. So crucian carp is both the name
of a species and a genus of the fish that goldfish happen to
fall under. So yeah, goldfish are in a group
of fish that are generally knownas crucian carp.
But crucian carp themselves, thespecies are completely
different, like the ones in Animal Crossing.

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I feel so justified right now. I feel so justified.
The Oriental weather Loach. I made-up that whole story about
them. They are popular model
organisms, but they're also popular aquarium fish.
Ironically, because of perfect they're perfect tank mates with
goldfish. So.
I made that up. I feel justified, even though I

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didn't end up challenging it. I was close to challenging it at
the moment too. I was like.
I don't know what I would have done then, but.
What would you have done I. Don't know, I would have been
lost. All right, I'll take it.
I'll take it. Point check.
Final point, check. 12 I finished with 5 lbs of fish.
That's respectable. I finished with.

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I finished with 4 lbs of fish. None of.
US can speak anymore, Cooper, you win.
I'm ready to be second most. You're the second most popular
at the annual Davenport, IA fishfry.
Don't you feel a rush of power? Oh yeah, Oh yeah.
I feel like I'm ready. Social Can we?
Can we all give Cooper a big round of applause for doing

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this? Thank you.
Camp's like, no, not at all. Do it.
Can't do it. Bake fish guy.
Bake fish guy. Hey, he doesn't even know
anything about fish. What's so fake about animal?
Crossing. That's true.
That has nothing to do with it. So thank you for tuning in to

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