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The Cowfish, Longhorn Cowfish, or Long-horned Cowfish are easily recognized by the horns on the forehead and the bottom rear of the body. These horns make them hard for predators to swallow. In any case their flesh is poisonous and would not make for a very good meal!
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animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/puffers/cowfish.php
animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/puffers/cowfish.php
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Although immune from attack by most large predators due to their hard covering of bony plates, box- and cowfish are slow moving and their rapidly undulating fins seem to draw attacks from smaller fish.
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www.everything.com/Oddities-for-Boxfish-Trunkfish-and-C...
www.everything.com/Oddities-for-Boxfish-Trunkfish-and-Cowfish-Family-Ostraciidae/
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These horns are a defense mechanism make them difficult for predators to swallow. Their skin is also poisonous! The longhorn cowfish must be dealt with carefully when in an aquarium enviroment. If overly harrassed or stressed, it can release the toxic substance, ostracitoxin which will poison the entire fish tank.
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www.thejump.net/id/longhorn-cowfish.htm
www.thejump.net/id/longhorn-cowfish.htm
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Wed, Dec. 9th, ... I like it when people send me text messages saying “Ed is ill, want to come to that gig I mentioned the other day?”. Monday was meant to be my last night off before the Christmas run of minimal sleep and too much beer, but it was a gig I couldn’t really ... I was well aware of the existence of Mr Numan,
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billyabbott.livejournal.com/
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The cowfish has a box-like body. It's horny spines protect it from predators and it's poisonous to most of them as well. The cowfish blows jets of water at the sand as it hunts for shrimps.
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gouk.about.com/od/thingsto2/ig/Pictures-of-The-Deep/Lon...
gouk.about.com/od/thingsto2/ig/Pictures-of-The-Deep/Long-Horned-Cowfish.htm
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Longhorn Cowfish of the Wild West Pacific; ... They can be observed in nature up to a depth of 100 m. By far, this is the most well-known cowfish species in the aquarium trade and is one of the largest cowfish known. They can grow up to 18 inches in the wild, but seldom reach more than 12 inches in captivity.
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www.husoe.net/Pages/PICRC/Summary3.html
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The cowfish is probably one of the most comical-looking creatures on the reef, with its boxy appearance and four long horns. Its fins are small compared to its body, making it look more like a blimp moving through the water than a fish.
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www.divegallery.com/cowfish.htm
www.divegallery.com/cowfish.htm
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cowfish - 2 reference results ... cowfish: see trunkfish. ... Apr 02, 2004; The scrawled cowfish, normally found in the waters off Massachusetts, Florida, Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and in parts of...
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www.reference.com/browse/all/cowfish
www.reference.com/browse/all/cowfish
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zerocreations.com/pkpgz/predators.php
zerocreations.com/pkpgz/predators.php
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