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Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]
Rapala Original Floater in Clown Pattern. The Original Floater is a wobbler type of fishing lure, manufactured by Rapala. It is modeled after the first lure created by founder Lauri Rapala, in Finland in 1936. That prototype was made of cork wrapped in tinfoil and covered in melted film negatives as a cheap alternative to lacquer.
The Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii) is a rare species of fish endemic to the U.S. state of Texas, [2] where it also is the official state fish.It is restricted to creeks and rivers (including the Guadalupe River, hence the name Guadalupe bass), and is listed as near threatened. [1]
The castle was featured on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page and X, formerly known as Twitter, account, that showcases unique houses for sale all over the world, and people fell under its spell.
Fish migrations involve movements of schools of fish on a scale and duration larger than those arising during normal daily activities. [1] Some particular types of migration are anadromous , in which adult fish live in the sea and migrate into fresh water to spawn ; and catadromous , in which adult fish live in fresh water and migrate into salt ...
A grizzly bear ambushing a jumping salmon during an annual salmon run. A salmon run is an annual fish migration event where many salmonid species, which are typically hatched in fresh water and live most of their adult life downstream in the ocean, swim back against the stream to the upper reaches of rivers to spawn on the gravel beds of small creeks.
The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is the state agency that governs real estate practices in the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered at 1700 North Congress in Austin. [1] TREC is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor with the concurrence of the Texas Senate. The members are appointed for six-year terms, with the terms ...
Due to the fact that sound can travel more than 4 times faster in water than in air, this allows for near real-time listening over long distances with proper acoustic telemetry equipment. Acoustic signals are the preferred communication tool for researchers who wish to track fish and wildlife in marine habitats in real time.