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He was told by the villagers that the creature likely developed a taste for human flesh and had grown large after eating half-burnt human remains discarded from funeral pyres on the river banks. After examining the water where Bahadur had disappeared with a depth sounder , Wade discounted the possibility of the boy having been dragged by a ...
The climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) is a species of amphibious freshwater fish in the family Anabantidae (the climbing gouramis).A labyrinth fish native to Far Eastern Asia, the fish inhabits freshwater systems from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the west, to Southern China in the east, and to Southeast Asia west of the Wallace Line in the south.
A recipe for fried Rohu fish is mentioned in Manasollasa, a 12th-century Sanskrit encyclopedia compiled by Someshvara III, who ruled from present-day Karnataka. In this recipe, the fish is marinated in asafoetida and salt after being skinned. It is then dipped in turmeric mixed in water before being fried. [10]
Parambassis dayi (endemic), Day's glass fish, Day's glassy perchlet; Parambassis lala (native), highfin glassy perchlet; Parambassis ranga (native), Indian glassy fish; Parambassis thomassi (endemic), Western Ghats glassy perchlet; Pseudambassis baculis (native), Himalayan glassy perchlet
Day F. 1878. The fishes of India: being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma and Ceylon. Text and Atlas in 4 Parts. London, pp xx + 778+195. Daniels R. 2002. Fresh water fishes of Peninsular India. University press. Pp 282. Datta M.J.S. and M.P. Shrivastva. 1988.
Evolutionary theory says all animals that are walking on land actually evolved from sea-dwelling creatures at some point in the ancient past. To study this further, scientists from McGill ...
Natural history in the Indian subcontinent has a long heritage with a recorded history going back to the Vedic era. Natural history research in early times included the broad fields of palaeontology, zoology and botany. These studies would today be considered under field of ecology but in former times, such research was undertaken mainly by ...
Dishes using this fish eaten with rice is very popular among Bengalis of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The fish is also an esteemed delicacy in other parts of India, including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is also the state fish of the South Indian state of Telangana where it is widely consumed.