Mexican Tetra: Surface Swimming to Spelunking

03/27/23 • 30 min

Beautiful on the surface and fascinating underground, the Mexican Tetra has an incredible story as told by our guests Dr. Paty Ornelas from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Dr. Andy Gluesenkamp from the San Antonio Zoo!

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Freshwater Drum: Thank Your Lucky Stones

The Freshwater Drum (AKA "sheepshead") has a song to sing and a story to tell. Fishermen Drew Geving and Josh Knuth of Native Fish for Tomorrow recall their favorite memories of this accessible, widespread and sometimes underappreciated fish. Whether it's their strange sounds reverberating through your aluminum canoe, or their "lucky stones" or a tasty campfire fillet, we hope you get hooked (in a good way).

You might also like S2:E25 about the percussive Red Drum. Jay Shelton is our guest.

Read more: https://www.fws.gov/story/freshwater-drum-great-grunting-gaspergoo

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