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| Who else gets text messages like this? I ask you. |
Damon asked me a good question: "Why is there a headless, mummified fish in the head (i.e., bathroom)?" What series of events could possibly have taken place that ended in a headless, mummified fish in the head? More importantly, why did neither of us have any idea what those events were?
Now, conversations like this are surprisingly common in our relationship. After all, we're both marine biologists. Usually, one of us asks something like "Why is this sea trout in our freezer." To which the answer might be, "I found it on the beach and wanted to do a clean dissection of its swim bladder and sonic muscles. I was on my way to bring it back to the lab, but I got hungry. So I stopped at home for lunch and put the fish in the freezer to keep it fresh. Then I forgot about it and went back to work." A perfectly reasonable explanation, at least in our world. But the headless fish in the head is a complete mystery with no logical explanation. It could have been dropped through the overhead hatch by a passing gull. But, sadly, we've been on the dock for six months and the hatch hasn't been opened at all during that entire time.
This is one of the strangest things we've found on Fulmar, but really it's on-brand for the Gannons. Don't think "yacht" when you imagine our boat. Think "boat where mystery headless mummified fish show up in the head."
This tale should prepare you for what is to come in this new blog.
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| Damon ponders the mystery headless, mummified fish. |
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| The mystery headless, mummified fish, which we proclaimed (or guessed) to be an inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens). If you have a better guess about the fish's identity, leave a comment below. |
