What Is a Gar?

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Gara is an alligator-like fish with fins instead of legs. They have a primitive, ancient look to them and are often mistaken for crocodiles or other river beasts. The author's lab at louisiana's nichol state university focuses on the migratory acology of different types of gars.

A long snout. Hundreds of teeth. Scales that could slice you. What is a gar and should we fear it? Should we hug it? One of the world’s most passionate and knowledgeable experts on this ancient, mysterious fish joins to make you fall in love with these slimy longbois. Dr. Solomon David is affable, charming, enthusiastic and absolutely shameless when it comes to fish puns. Slip into some hip waders and jump in the muck to learn all about a creature that -- despite decades of mudslinging -- is not a gar-bage fish. Also: why gar caviar is a hella bad idea.

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