- Monkfish prefer deep water, as deep as 2000 feet.
- Monkfish can distend their jaws to eat their prey, which includes fish, turtles and sea birds.
- Since they eat birds, monkfish can theoretically transmit avian flu.
- Speaking of avian flu, monkfish think the collective noun “a murder of crows” is finally starting to make sense.
- Young monkfish appear innocent and can lie so convincingly that father monkfish fall for it every time, and only mother monkfish can see through their stories.
- Mother monkfish attribute this ability of young monkfish to father monkfish’s habit of telling them Luegengeschichten.
- Monkfish is sometimes called “the poor man’s lobster” due to its taste.
- Monkfish is rarely sold in stores with the head still attached.
jaw distention is the best party trick ever!
the kids are still mad at you for swallowing the turtle.
Actually in Portugal they are sold with the head still attached. They’re called “Tamboril” here.
They do taste a bit like lobster.
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