They're rare in collections because they're very, very difficult to catch. So then do you have to just have certain nets or set up traps? That doesn't work,. You have to use a spear gun. It's this crazy, complicated way. And what you do is you wait until the shrimp and the goby are both out of the burrow. Then you shoot the burrow, the fish and the shrimp run, and then you chase them one by one.
ALL. ABOUT. FISH. Hilariously charming fish expert and LA County Natural History Museum Curator of Ichthyology, Dr. Christine Thacker, sits down with Alie in a basement full of several million jars of fish to chat about the worst fish husbands, the weirdest mating behaviors, the scariest fish, the nicest fish, the tiniest fish, how they breathe, how you can help reverse global warming, and whether you should pee in wetsuits. I love her so much and so will you.
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Editing by Steven Ray Morris
Music by Nick Thorburn