The primitive fish mouth straining for water and finding it as my son releases it in the shallows.

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Mr. CARPENTER: They're very ugly when they've got your fish in their mouth.

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Next thing you know someone will claim that a bear with a fish in its mouth is a Woolly Mammoth!

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Luke Hemming, who works at the marina, said he had seen the seal several times over the day, sometimes even with a fish in its mouth.

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The memory helps the fish find its way back to the mouth of its home river, and from there it uses chemical cues to locate its birth stream.

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The river around the island is known for its abundant fishing, where you can while away the day, or just relax in your private hut and wait for the local staff to cook mouth-watering Indian dishes such as fish curry, pappadam or vegetable korma.

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There is a picture of it on the corkboard in his room, the fish in the net, the lure bristling in its crude mouth.

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But what could be more naturally strange than plucking bones from your mouth, as Marina and Spyros do over bowls of fish soup?

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And even though they have some good prospects coming, just the entire tenor, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, as anyone who has tried to eat an aggressive game fish can tell you.

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And while the projects are usually sited away from fish-spawning grounds, aquatic life still can get trapped behind the weirs or at the mouth of the penstock.

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