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[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've known muskies to do something similar- swim around at the surface with their head out of the water.

I remember looking into it, and it's definitely a thing, but no one seems to know why exactly they do it. There's a few theories that have to do with the oxygen concentration at the surface, regulating temperature, buoyancy, etc. but the one I personally like to subscribe to is the same as this, that they're just looking around.

It makes me feel a little less bad about not being able to catch one if they're at least more intelligent and curious than the average bass or bluegill or whatever else I'm pulling out of their lake.

[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Lookin fer' birds to eat.

Source - Ima shark.

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago

Blåhaj is that you?

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Muskies are basically freshwater sharks.

So, gonna go with… probably looking for a duck to eat, or something.

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