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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 14 points 1 week ago

*ba dum tss*

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

There's something fishy about it.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I new bass was also a fish, but drum is wild

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Huh? What else does drum mean? Something fish related??

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The fish in the top right is a freshwater drum. There are some local names calling it a gray bass as well, but freshwater drum is the official name.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

The venn diagram would be a perfect circle

[–] troybot@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

@DearMoogle

I'm sorry, we were looking for JUNGLE

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago