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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CA193B.B52339F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All I just returned from a quick visit to River Bourgeois, Cape Breton and = while visiting relatives, a neighbor of theirs dropped by and mentioned = that there was a porpoise beached on the shore below his home. After = walking the short distance over and taking a look at the individual = myself, I realized that although the neighbors intentions were good, I = felt quite certain that the beached animal more closely resembled a = Swordfish. Upon returning to Dartmouth I looked in both my saltwater = fish guide books and the closest illustration in both books I felt was = in fact the Swordfish. My trouble with my I.D. is that the "sword" = portion of the head looks much shorter then the illustrations in my = guide books. As best as we could tell, the bill did not appear to be = shortened, although the carcass has appeared to have sustained some = damage by scavengers on the eyes and other locations on the body. If = anyone with more knowledge of our larger coastal fishes can assist with = the identification, it would be greatly appreciated. The aproximate = length of this fish would be ten feet from the tip of its "sword" to the = end of its tail. Here are some photos: http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615403828_Hhk7b/Medium= http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615423229_DGCQN/Medium= http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615404354_RsojR/Medium= http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615404925_dEnhZ/Medium= Bernard Burke blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CA193B.B52339F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I just returned from a quick visit to = River=20 Bourgeois, Cape Breton and while visiting relatives, a neighbor of = theirs=20 dropped by and mentioned that there was a porpoise beached on the shore = below=20 his home. After walking the short distance over and taking a look at the = individual myself, I realized that although the neighbors intentions = were good,=20 I felt quite certain that the beached animal more closely resembled a = Swordfish.=20 Upon returning to Dartmouth I looked in both my saltwater fish guide = books and=20 the closest illustration in both books I felt was in fact the Swordfish. = My=20 trouble with my I.D. is that the "sword" portion of the head looks much = shorter=20 then the illustrations in my guide books. As best as we could = tell,=20 the bill did not appear to be shortened, although the carcass has = appeared to=20 have sustained some damage by scavengers on the eyes and other locations = on the=20 body. If anyone with more knowledge of our larger coastal fishes = can assist=20 with the identification, it would be greatly appreciated. The aproximate = length=20 of this fish would be ten feet from the tip of its "sword" to the end of = its=20 tail. Here are some photos:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615403828_Hhk7= b/Medium">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615403828_Hh= k7b/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615423229_DGCQ= N/Medium">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615423229_DG= CQN/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615404354_Rsoj= R/Medium">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615404354_Rs= ojR/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615404925_dEnh= Z/Medium">http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397_ynXPk/16/615404925_dE= nhZ/Medium</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bernard Burke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca">blburke@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT= ></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dartmouth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CA193B.B52339F0--
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