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Origin of devilfish
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Trapping wild devilfish could support modest demand, he says, but to scale up, they might ultimately need to be farmed—carefully.
From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2022
A devilfish painted by Georg Forster in the 1770s.Credit:
From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018
The projected Boulder Dam would protect the Imperial Valley, which is below sealevel, from catastrophic extremes of flood and drought, the Colorado's "devilfish" tendencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason given: seals were eating squid and devilfish sought by Japan's fishing fleet.
From Time Magazine Archive
I tried to drag the devilfish out of the water, but my strength was gone.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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