Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHave you ever wondered how fish such as these Reds are able to get to such a large size?\u00a0 Well, if they can manage to escape all of the anglers looking for a tasty meal, the Red Drum is able to live up to 60 years.\u00a0 This gives them plenty of time to feed on fish, crabs and shrimp.\u00a0 Besides fishing enthusiasts they need to be on the lookout for turtles, larger fish and birds which are all trying to prematurely end the Red Drum’s life.\u00a0 I am just picturing a bird trying to pull a 110 lb fish out of the water.\u00a0 That would be one massive bird!<\/p>\n
You may think that the Red Drum gets its name because the person who discovered it was a drummer but this isn’t the case.\u00a0 In fact, the fish itself is the drummer.\u00a0 That’s right, during mating season the males will try to impress the females by vibrating their muscles in their swim bladder.\u00a0 This creates a nice drumming sound.\u00a0 I guess it doesn’t matter what species of animal – the girls are always attracted to rock stars.<\/p>\n
Well, now I am\u00a0 tired from fishing for facts on these massive game fish so I think I will need to end the fact here.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So from the title, you may think that today’s Wild Fact is going to be about musical instruments.\u00a0 Well, that isn’t exactly the case.\u00a0 Instead we are heading to the Ocean to learn about a huge game fish called the Red Drum.\u00a0 Don’t worry though, today’s Fact will still be music to your ears.\u00a0 So not sure if you have ever heard of a Red Drum before?\u00a0 Well, perhaps you know their 3 million other names (okay, so maybe I am exaggerating a little).\u00a0 These giant fish are also known as Channel Bass, Redfish, Spottail Bass or just plain ol’ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,4024],"tags":[348,1821,1817,1823,4025,1816,1822,1819,1824,1818,1820,1825],"yoast_head":"\n
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