{"id":1790,"date":"2009-11-26T08:55:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T16:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2009-11-26T08:55:26","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T16:55:26","slug":"bust-a-gut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2009\/11\/26\/bust-a-gut\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Photo: Bust a Gut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even if this gopher rockfish bit off more than it could chew, it still found a way to swallow it all. (photo: E. Loury)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Erin Loury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

by Erin Loury<\/a>, Ichthyology Lab<\/p>\n

On this, the national day of overeating,\u00a0 I thought I would kick off our new featured photo segment with an example of a stuffed gullet from the animal world.\u00a0 For my thesis studying what gopher rockfish eat, I’ve cut open a lot of fish (somewhere in the ballpark of 700, and finally<\/em> as of this week there are no more fish in my freezer!\u00a0 Woohoo!).\u00a0 Every now and again I’ll see something surprising or out of the ordinary – but none so much as this one.<\/p>\n

To give you some perspective, most gopher rockfish stomachs that are empty or have a bit a food are the size of my thumb.\u00a0 The one pictured above was closer to the size of my fist.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll put it this way – their stomach lining is some kind of fantastic elastic.\u00a0 What floors me is that this little porker was caught with hook and line, meaning after all that eating, it still went for some bait.\u00a0\u00a0 But I guess when that pie comes around at the end of tonight, I’ll\u00a0 probably be able to relate.<\/p>\n

Just what kind of food does a gopher rockfish pack in at such staggering volumes?\u00a0 Stay tuned to find out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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