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I know it is very old. It looks like a water creature, because of its nose. It ate fish.
this is some sort of fish. you can tell be the teeth it has.
This skull has a really long snout
and for some reason, it's freaking me out
with its eyes on the side
and some sharp teeth, oh my!
it will eat me for dinner, no doubt
The longnose gar
oh it sees so far
in the depths of my heart
so that I never want to part
GAR!
When I was swimming in Lake Pepin, I saw a longnosed Gar.
It must have been very scary although you probably didn't know what it was.
When i read it I thought it must have been very scary because if I experienced it
and I saw the longnosed Gar, I would swim right to land then i would run away
from the beach and wherever I was suppose to go.
Annelia
ALTHOUGH you hide in the ebb and flow
Of the pale tide when the moon has set,
The people of coming days will know
About the casting out of my net,
And how you have leaped times out of mind
Over the little silver cords,
And think that you were hard and unkind,
And blame you with many bitter words.
“The Fish” (1899)
William Butler Yeats
In a cool curving world he lies
And ripples with dark ecstasies.
“The Fish” (1915)
Rupert Brooke
long nose gar is really cool! i wouldnt wanna' get bit by one of those!!hahaha
hey this is an aligator snout
this thing is weird
This is a very wierd object of the month. I think it should be something people don't see on the 1st floor.
This looks like an aligater head.
kool
a staff member got bit by this setting it up? lol
its kinda weird but pretty cool i guess. i like the sharp teeth and the long nose.
What are those?
That with a long nose, or a long mouth? You tell me, that, what you see.
that is soooooo cool and scary......
Bony fish, like this gar, evolved into modern-looking forms millions and millions of years ago. Because of this "head start," many modern fish are sometimes called "living fossils."
Even though the ancient fish look a lot like their modern descendants, they are different species. Many small structural changes have evolved over time--changes that aren't obvious to most people but trained scientists can see. It's sort of like the difference between two model years of a top-selling car: the body may remain mostly the same, but details like the upholstery or the fuel injection system can distinguish the two cars.
Fossils of gars, bowfins, and pike were found at the Wannagan Creek dig site in North Dakota. (Want to know more about Wannagan Creek? Head down to the Dinosaurs and Fossils Gallery on level 3.) While gar skeletons are rare at the site, gar scales are among the most common fossils found in the American West.
This object looks like a saw! I better watch out for my fingers!
It looks relly scary, but i know it`s just a fish!
is kute thing
What's a "Gar?" It looks like a type of 'gator. Idk! Well c u all l8r
This has a long nose, much like the name implies.
i like this creatures head shape.
I think that it is very interesting.because i never saw anything like it.
long nose
long teeth
a long, lonely life
looks sort of like an alligator or a crocadile
So sharp are the
teeth
and long is the
skull.
Life with the
Gar
would never be
Dull.
It is an old fish head.
it semes to have no ears
It looks like a bird or an animal that almost looks like an alligator because of its long mouth and teeth. The eye sockets look really large.
Going through Water
About to eat a small fish
The longnosed Gar bites
It was a carnivore and hunted in the day-time. It lived in the water.
it has big teeth and it is cool and stuff.
it is an animal.
wow!!
A creature of the sea
In which saddens me
To see the animal gone
When it all wanted was to belong...
I think it is pretty interesting.......... Um yeah. Pretty sweet.........
It's the head of an alligator =]
This specimen is known as a Longnosed Gar, but to its friends it was known as Bernie.
It looks like it came from the alligator family with it's long snout and eyes on the side of the head.
Because of its long mouth it is easier to catch prey.
this is sooooooooooo cool to be the object of the mounth
that skull was frickin wicked
I know that was awesome!
That was really cool!
My head is old,
worth more than gold.
My jaw is long,
and shaped like a tong.
:)
scary
I think that I shall never see a fish as ugly as he.
I think that this is a head for a old dinosor
it is very ugly, it looks very weird! yuck!!!! gross!!!!!
this looks like bones
i wonder if it had a home
big sharp teeth
a long narrow beak
must be very old
did it live in the cold?
I think that this would be an interesting animal to be around, even if you were a caveman or if you lived in the past. sinncerley, Taylor Narragon
i hope to someday capture one of these so that i can put it over my fireplace and have people stare and say you are awsome i wish i could great hunter/fisherman like you
This dolphin died of loneliness.
It has a long mouth. It was related to the alligator.
It looks like a baby croccodile
icky that looks way nasty... i'm scared of it... lol
Oh great long nose, what a mystery you are. where did you live, who were your friends, what did you do all day? Swim and eat? Or think great thoughts?
The mouth of the animal seems like it would maybe eat small animals. The long mouth could be used to stay in the water so that the prey wouldn't see it.
well im small and i eat lots of big things. all you have to do is take small bites. try it, its fun!!
I have a small mouth and i eat bigger things fine! (Okay so i kind of have a big mouth!)You just have to take small bites and then your fine!
i just noticed this but it kind of looks like my great aunt Betty! She would be so proud!
the longnosed gar has has a long snout with razor sharp teeth other than that its stupid.
A gar is a creature from the jurrasic period,I think. It eats meat. A gar is a water creature
it looks like a platypus head with over a million little teeth
this rocks
This is a funny looking bone!
i think it looks like something prehistoric that maybe a crocidile might have evolved from? It could have been something from a long time ago or very recent.
It's a longnosed gar, a kind of fish. It's not extinct. This one was caught in Lake Pepin not too long ago. Read the museum's label.
prehistoric birds head and beak!!!
it looks like a mini croc to me!
It has big eyes
I thought it was cool !
not a pretty fish
what kind of fish is that???or is it a ffish hummmm???
Very cool, lots of teeth!!!
Yarr! It's a gar! ^.^
that looks funny doesnt it
wow that is one weird looking creature. how old is it????? is it exticnct? i would think that itis afish but who knows??
It's a longnosed gar (which is a kind of fish). It's not extinct. This one was caught in Lake Pepin not too long ago. Read the museum's label.
how very interesting
long nose is so close.
It sure has a long shnos!
it's a bone that came from a long time ago
it looks very old.It has a ton of really sharp teeth.
he has a lot of teeth. I wouldn't want to meet him in a lake!
This vicious predetor is not your average croc, it will bite your hand off with a snap of its jaws, watch out!
it looks like a sword fishes head and mouth, or some type of dinasore bird.
This skull looks like a prehistoric crocodile head.
this is cool
He's mean and ugly! scary looking. and yucky. I don't like him. i'm a princess!!!
fat ebert
I know that it is very old and most likely a carnivore(because of the teeth). He probably lived about the same time as the dinosaurs lived.
What a set of teeth he must have had. It took lots of muscles just to open his mouth.
it looks pretty cool :]
it looks wierd
wow that is so cool!!!!!!
The object has alot of teath!
Not quite as cool as dressage... sorry... Hey, the museum should have an exhibit about dressage!
Look at this sweeeet dead fish skull. Yikes! Thats spooky:{
I bought one of these croccodile fish 2 weeks ago and already it doubled in size. It is an insatiable eater of smaller fish. How big do they get? Provide information to me. Jon
cool. what is it, exactly? is it from a dinosaur?
this object has many many teeth!
I bet my nose is longer than yours.
This is a very wierd object that looks like a bone! It is a skull that bit somebody. It is a Long-Nosed Gar!! It looks really old and like a fish or something different then it is now!!!
This is a very wierd object that looks like a bone! It is a skull that bit somebody. It is a Longnosed Gar!! It looks really old and like a fish or something different then it is now!!!
How much of this fish is nose?
This skull could be a crocodile or a skull of an ancient reptile. Its eyes are at the side of its head while there is a big protruding mass of head at the left side.
it has really sharp teeth and itis very long. it looks really cool
A long time ago I caught a Gar fish on Lake Nakawiki in Delafield Wisconsin. It had a really long narrow body and it stunk!! I wanted to bring it home but after a long day of fishing I was sure sorry I had had my way....we ended up burying the dead fish in the back yard.
That is very ugly
gar=cool
It looks like Chuck Norris.
i am going to have to agree that it looks like chuck norris
there's no creature quite like the gar;
he cannot be seen from afar;
and he loves to eat fish --
they're his favorite dish! --
which explains his oft-heard, "Ha ha!"
Definatly chuck norris
it makes me think of an alligator.
this is ausome!
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I've seen a Longnosed Gar
How about you?
I havent seen one before ethier. i'd like to see one though but I don't know about violets being blue I always thought they were violet
i think that this is a jaw of a swordfish.
It has the most teeth i have ever seen. it has big eyes and it looks like it's related to the aligator.
"My what a big nose you have!"
Little Red Riding Hood to the Longnosed Gar
Pinocchio's long lost brother
This is very skinny. That is a nose?!? How big was the animal??
Gar have a fixed number if teeth and do not experience toothal regeneration.
it's called a Garr, it orignated in the south. The Garr was forced to migrate north because of his color. This migration took place during the Civil War. So the Garr moved to safe ground here in Minnesota. His migration was also inspired by Pirates.
This is a duck billed platupus bone. It is very old and fragile. The platupus is not native to America.
The Tooth-fairy is going to have lots of work to do . . .
I think it is a flat head longdmothed duck
It looks like some sort of ancient croc...
The long nosed GAR,
It is as big as my CAR!
It is ugly and scaly,
I hope I don't run into them daily!
This is the skull of a bottom-dwelling fish or reptile. It needs a long, pointy snout to dig deep in holes for its food.
The Long-nosed Gar is a fresh water fish. It is a fish that preys on anything that it can swallow. Also thatcan grow very large.
Has a long nose and very sharp teeth!
A baracuda from the inner depths of the earth.
I think this object is some kind of skeletal mouth piece. I tink this animal may be extinct!
the thingy i am looking at has teeth and maybe once had eyes but who knows there that is all i have to say
I know what kind of animal this is...it's a longnosed . gar..whatever that is. Anyway it has no eyes (duh!) because it is dead and maybe extinct. AN D it has a long nose which is probably meant for eating fish or who knows what. It has really sharp pointy teeth that are very smaall.
A long and pointy tooth brush is needed for this mouth.
This looks like an alligator with it's skin ripped off!
I HEARD IT SPLASH AS IT HUNTED FOR MINNOWS AND I SHUN MY FLASHLIGHT ON IT AND IT SCAMPERED AWAY