Saturday, August 25, 2012

Who is this revealed! :)


 
Who is this?
 
 
 
 
I had posed this question in my earlier post. There were some really interesting responses like Amitabh Bachan :) Most guessed that its a sea creature.
 
But no, its not a whale or a cat fish or a photographic trick.
 
This fish is called the GuitarFish or the Shovelnose Gray. And TTT was close when she said Stingray.
 
Huh, so whats so special? eh?
 
Well this is how the fish looks...
 
Image Source: Tremendo.se on Wikimedia
 
 
What I managed to click is the underside of the fish.What looks like eyes in my first pic is not actually its eyes.

 
The gills and mouth give it a face like appearance.
 
 
I had clicked the picture in the aquarium in the tunnel where you can see fish swimming all around you. It felt like the fish was looking at you through that face but its actually not a face at all :)
 
 
 
 
 
Strange are the ways of nature
 
 
 

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61 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 25, 2012 at 1:58 AM

    :O :) ;) :P

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  2. AnonymousAugust 25, 2012 at 2:09 AM

    haha .....never imagined this answer and never knew about such fish ,, u keeped many people guessing :D :D

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  3. Privy TriflesAugust 25, 2012 at 3:50 AM

    WOW!!

    That was amazing Jaish...simply superb!

    Loved it

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  4. AmitAagAugust 25, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    Amazing Jaish:D
    ..guess you had clicked it with this end in mind, no?
    Good work in any case:)

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  5. C SureshAugust 25, 2012 at 4:08 AM

    Mmm! That was a poser with a fishy twist, Jaish! :)

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  6. Mr.MiglaniAugust 25, 2012 at 5:20 AM

    wow
    nature :)

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 8:10 AM

      Yes Rahul ! Nature has little surprises strewn all over !

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  7. Anupam PatraAugust 25, 2012 at 5:27 AM

    AAhhhh....

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  8. Ranita SinhaAugust 25, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    Very strange indeed!!

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 5:07 PM

      Yes Ranita. When I saw it I was struck with surprise!

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  9. sathishAugust 25, 2012 at 8:02 AM

    Oh Jaish! that was awesome... never could somebody have thought about it...
    great material you have ;)

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  10. TTTAugust 25, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    any prize for being close to the ans ??? ;)

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 5:08 PM

      ha ha A virtual pat on the back from Singapore to you :D

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  11. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    Thanks for the comment Rachna :)

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  12. D.NambiarAugust 25, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    Good one, Jaish. You made us do some thinking.

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 5:09 PM

      Thanks Divya. Guess it had the impact I expected. Was worried that it might get a 'Oh Thats it?' response! :)

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  13. SudhageeAugust 25, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    Never knew that there was something called the guitarfish ! Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 5:09 PM

      Thanks for stepping in and for the comment Sudhagee :)

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  14. PanchaliAugust 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    Yeah...yeah, my answer was right as well :) Enjoyed the quiz...:)

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  15. Anu ~*~August 25, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    Interesting ...
    i really enjyoed your suspense story of picture :P

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  16. UmaAugust 25, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    WOW..great shot and an interesting post :-)

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  17. debajyotiAugust 25, 2012 at 12:02 PM

    you are the best photographer on earth!!!

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 25, 2012 at 5:12 PM

      Oh My Deb! If real super photographers read that they will come after you :) I clicked those on my iPhone. So guess half the credit goes to Steve Jobs ha ha :) I have no idea about aperture speed, lighting etc that pro s talk about. The max I can handle is the automatic ones from Canon or Sony :)

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  18. magiceyeAugust 25, 2012 at 6:00 PM

    Amazing indeed!

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  19. A Homemaker's UtopiaAugust 25, 2012 at 10:03 PM

    Wow..Amazing pics Jaish..:-)

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  20. EngramsAugust 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM

    Wow..nice click Jaish !! Thanks for sharing the picture

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  21. Rahul BhatiaAugust 25, 2012 at 10:46 PM

    Amazing nature and an eye to see it:)

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  22. gunjan kumarAugust 26, 2012 at 3:25 AM

    guitarfish...i was no where near except i thought it to be a baby dolphin...ha ha ha enjoyed.

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 26, 2012 at 7:19 AM

      Thanks Gunjan. Most of you guessed that its a sea creature! :)

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  23. BikramAugust 26, 2012 at 4:47 AM

    hmmm.. I could not never have guessed it :)


    Bikram's

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 26, 2012 at 7:20 AM

      Yeah its not something one can guess unless one already knows about it! :) Thanks for the comment :)

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    2. BikramAugust 27, 2012 at 11:55 AM

      I also got a idea from you... am going to put it up :)

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  24. Akshay Kumar GAugust 26, 2012 at 4:50 AM

    Haha! I knew it was a sea creature, so I was half right. :D

    GuitarFish/Shovelnose Gray. Apt names. :D

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 26, 2012 at 7:23 AM

      Hi Akshay

      Yeah you were half right :) ha ha ...If you see , in zoology quite a few animals have names that give us a rough idea of how they look! like hammer head shark for example :)

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  25. Found In FolsomAugust 26, 2012 at 7:22 PM

    Hmmm...good to know something new and interesting..:) you managed to click a good shot

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  26. AnonymousAugust 26, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    Strange indeed. :) and your shot is cool...

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  27. Gayatri SoniAugust 27, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    I have heard about it but never seen this awesome creature.
    It's amazing but scary too! ;)

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 27, 2012 at 7:47 AM

      Actually may be it looks scary in the pic, but in real it looks kinda cute :)

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  28. unknownAugust 27, 2012 at 6:46 AM

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    என்னுடைய புதிய வலை பதிவு ( blog ) .
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  29. gsbAugust 27, 2012 at 9:28 AM

    Hey thanks jayasree for stopping by my blog.
    And I loved your blog name. My half name. WRITES :D

    And I loved your blog. one thing i loved is the "Random topics" u chose to blog about.
    Keep up the good work.
    and yeah, I am following you through GFC.

    http://apoorvathinks.blogspot.in

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 27, 2012 at 11:03 PM

      I too noticed the similarity in the 'Writes' part Apoorva :) Thanks for the comment and for following :D

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  30. BhavanaAugust 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM

    Hahaha--such a different way of posting and helping readers remember. I will never forget these photos or your explanation!

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    1. Jayashree SrivatsanAugust 31, 2012 at 3:14 AM

      Thanks Bhavana, Its soooooooo nice to see your comments again after your sojourn all over India! Welcome back and thanks for the comment :D

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  31. Vaishali JainSeptember 16, 2012 at 1:11 AM

    I love its face... almost fictional, isn't it?

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  32. Dr Roshan RadhakrishnanSeptember 22, 2012 at 2:05 AM

    this was awesome :) never even knew there was such a fish !

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