Here are 10 fun facts about fish. Do you fish? Do you covet the return of summer, plan your vacations around fishing trips, and have more than a small investment in fishing gear? If you answered yes to all three, you probably know a thing or two about your quarry. Would you like to test your knowledge? How much do you really know about fish?

10 Fun Facts about Fish Quiz 

  1. Star fish, Jellyfish, and Seahorses aren’t fish.

True – Not a fish among them

False – Sea horses are the only upright swimming fish. Seahorses are fish, but not the other two.

 

  1. Catfish have 27,000 taste buds 20,000 more than humans

True – I wonder if we taste good to them.

False – Come on they can’t have that many more than me!

 

  1. Most brands of Lipstick have fish scales as an ingredient

True- But I hear they’ve “scaled” back.

False – Sounds fishy to me

 

  1. Sharks are the only fish with eyelids

True – I saw it on Jaws

False – all fish have eyelids otherwise how would they sleep?

 

  1. How old was the oldest fishhook discovered to this date?

a. It was made by Neanderthals more than 10,000 years old.

b. Approximately 42,000 years old give or take a rotation of the sun or two.

 

  1. How far has a flying fish has been documented to fly?

a. More than 1000 feet

b. 660 feet

 

  1. Can a fish drown?

No. Don’t be silly, fish breathe water!

Yes, sort of, if the water becomes deoxygenated.

 

  1. There are more species of fish on earth than any other vertebrate.

Nope, they’re second to birds. Birds outnumber fish almost two to one and can be found on every continent and ocean.

True, they’re more than 32,000 species of fish and man has only explored a small percentage of the oceans.

 

  1. How long can Lungfish live out of water?

 a. More than 6 months if the conditions are right.

b. They have been known to survive for several years.

 

  1. Do fish sleep?

No, they’d drown, and then they’d be sleeping with the fishes.

Yes, sort of. Their brains continue to receive information, but they have periods of lowered stimulation.

 Answers

  1. False
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True
  5. B
  6. B
  7. Yes
  8. True
  9. B
  10. Yes

How’d you do? Are you a fish expert or just a teller of tall fish stories?

So, what do you call a fish that won’t shut up? A big-mouthed bass!

And there’s a book of humor

Want to read a collection of humor pieces? Writing I Think I’m Funny: and it gets me in trouble all the time has been a labor of love. Of the 47 stories in this book, more than 30 are true tales from my days on this planet. Most of those make it clear how my warped sense of humor gets me in trouble.

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