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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I new bass was also a fish, but drum is wild

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Huh? What else does drum mean? Something fish related??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The fish in the top right is a freshwater drum. There are some local names calling it a gray bass as well, but freshwater drum is the official name.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The venn diagram would be a perfect circle

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

*ba dum tss*

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

There's something fishy about it.