SLUG OF THE WEEK

Thought we would post a slug today. This wee beasty was shot with a shutter speed of 1000th second in order to freeze the action as he (or she, are there any slug sexers out there who could advise) shot across a sandy reach.

FISH Olympics by Ray Mullet

Got browsing this lunch time and came across this fun site, obviously a fellow FISH enthusiast.

http://www.diduknow.info/fish/index.html

Test you knowledge, I got three Gold medals and a Silver. Can you do better ?

Tommy Cooper - comic genius?

This classic from Tommy Cooper arrived by email at the FOTW virtual office this week:

Q. What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A. A FSH

Geddit ....

Fish has injured knee!

Former Charlton and South Africa defender is to retire after a long standing knee injury. Mark Fish played 62 times for his country and was part of the South African side that won the African Nations Cup in 1996 and competed in the 1998 World Cup. he played over 200 times in the Premiership for Bolton Wanderers and Charlton.

We at fish of the week wonder if the 'long-standing knee injury' would have got better if he hadn't stood for so long ..... Next week Billy the Fish makes his debut for FOTWFC

FISH OF THE WEEK - Red Sea Grouper and Pal

These two friendly cross-shoaling fish did a swim past whilst I was floating around in some warm tropical pond recently. Typically, they were past before I ripped off a CMOS exposure. Yet another picture of a fishes rear end for the collection.

FISH OF THE WEEK - Smooth Trunkfish

This chappy was spotted whilst snorkelling on White Rocks Reef in the Florida Keys.

Dolphin Paintings - the latest in abstract art!

Water colour paintings by dolphins have sold for £200 each in a new exhibition at a Lithuanian aquarium.

Staff at the aquarium put the paintings on sale after works by a British chimp called Congo raised thousands at an auction held by Bonhams in London last month. The 'artists', mother and daughter are bottle-nosed dolphins who have enjoyed painting for years. They brandish brush in their teeth as the trainer holds the palette and paper in the shallow end of their pool. Trainers say they choose the colours and stop work when they are satisfied with the outcome. Rather conveniently to our mind they particularly like the colours of the Lithunian flag and the work and critics have compared their work to British artist Howard Hodgkin

Brain Sewell, well known British critic (and media rent-a-gob on all matters artistic) said that the paintings were " unconscous, uncontrolled and the silly sort of thing fit only for the Esther Rantzens of this world". He added "There are idiots who are prepared to be gulled into paying quite extraordinary sums of money for these things. All I can say is a fool and his money are easily parted."

The exhibition organiser said "Experts say that dolphins do have natural artistic spirit - they respond to music and it now seems that painting can be added to their artistic qualifications"

FOTW media correspondent phoned the gallery for acomment but got a recorded message saying that "they couldn't take our call right now and that it may be recorded for training porpoises".

As usual FOTW welcomes your comments. What has Brian Sewell got against Esther Rantzen?

'CARP' FISH JOKE

Q. What do you get if you cross two elephants and a fish?
A. A pair of swimming trunks!

Thanks Christine!

(Human) FISH OF THE WEEK

The one on the right giving me the internationally recognised underwater sign for 'Here is some advice about sex and travel' is of course Pete of www.fishoftheweek.com. Being Z list semi-celebrities, we at fish of the week are used to being stalked underwater by groupies (not Groupers) trying to bask for a few precious seconds in our reflected glory. Does anyone know the deluded sould dying to get his picture taken with Pete is ?