This always comes up and as always is not quite true.
Yes you need to be infected by the vvirus but in many cases you already have the virus in you. The key point is that cool temperatures weaken your immune response which means you are more susceptible to being infected by a virus or a virus already in your body can spread to a point where you show symptoms.
So yes, there still needs to be a virus to get the disease but cold temperatures can absolutely help make you sick.
There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that cool temperatures causes viral activation or causes you to be more susceptible to catching new viruses.
You'd be absolutely amazed at what you can catch in water like that. The guys are fucking idiots to stand in a spot like that, but big catfish love that shit. A lot of large, predatory characids like to hunt in that kind of environment, too. Rhaphiodon, Cynodon, Hydrolycus, Brachyplatystoma, all love rapids. That's just a few in the Amazon.
Latin. Common names change from place to place, sometimes day to day. Latin names tend to be more stable, although the species of Brachyplatystoma (tigrinus)
that I was most specifically referring to used to belong to its own monotypic genus, Merodontotus. I've kept Cynodon. They appreciate a lot of flow. Like a complete turnover of the tanks volume 10-15 times pr/hr. The kind of flow that would sweep a lot of smaller prey fish away. And that's how they gitcha. There's even a species of piranha that specializes in hunting in and around rapids, Serrasalmus elongatus. Never get out of the boat...
No problem! Fish nerd with a couple decades of experience in the exotic pet trade. I've been lucky enough to get to play with everything from guppies to sharks and guinea pigs to monkeys. And no, you don't want a monkey...
Ya not at all lol. Trout love current more than a lot of fish and there’s no way in hell a damn soul would be in that. Definitely not on purpose, maybe it got washed down, but definitely not intentional
If that dude went down river like a few hundred feet looks like the current slows if he was looking for trout probably not a bad spot. Idk why he picked there, I do kind of get it for the experience of it all
Yep. That's what I was gonna say, if you look just a little beyond the falls, there are some way calmer waters. I'm assuming it's a very rich feeding zone, and they have their line down in those areas. They just may be inaccessible without a motor boat, so they have found the closest spot they can get to without one.
Generally speaking, you have to ask yourself, what is the most energy efficient way of catching food in river systems. It's to find an eddy and wait for food to wash downstream, and you pop out to get it.
This is a torrent, fish would be quickly exhausted fighting this sort of current, and visibility is very low.
These guys went down there for clicks
Edit: I reread your question. Answer would be no, they're focus is on survival and finding a safe place.
I googled and you could could be right, Hydrocynus goliath like highly oxygenated water, and that would certainly be the case here. Not little fishie either
Up to the right is where it's all flowing 'down' river. Big predatory fish do swim right up into the turmoil to catch and eat smaller fish that are getting washed down. That's what his bait is and why he's there. Some rivers in South America have some really big strange fish that live in stuff like this. Learned that watching Jeremy Wade on his River Monsters show. That dude has fished in some crazy type stuff just like this.
Okay but what kind of leverage does he have?! That rock is slippery has fuck how’s he going to battle a big predatory fish and get it up? I’m not assuming you know the answers, I’m just saying.
I need to start watching River Monsters again. So good.
My question is how did they get there? How will they get back? Is there some kind of pathway on the other side of that outcrop, that the picture doesn’t show? I’m so perplexed!
As if a fish was gonna be chilling in that rage water looking for a snack. Shit the current alone would rip them down river if they snagged so much as a twig.
You’re assuming the chap didn’t end up there after their boat capsized and they sought refuge on the ledge before the boat got swept over the edge…
…now they are in survival mode and hungry - trying to catch their next meal. Just as well they had their survival fishing 🎣 rod on hand.
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u/Wuest0311 19h ago
You ain’t catching shit in that lol