I floated silently past all kinds of amazing riverside homes – old manor houses, tiny cottages, boathouses and mysterious creeks, and ogled, like a particularly inquisitive fish, at the secret riches of waterside life.
They approach for a closer look and the mussel releases huge numbers of larvae from its gills, dousing the inquisitive fish with its tiny, parasitic young.
Beneath Hayes's brash and quirky exterior — among his stated hobbies were studying Smurfs and the spawning habits of North American fish — was an inquisitive mind, one that savored the challenge of vanquishing top receivers.
But then, at 10, sitting in a bathing hole, Emily suddenly feels "hundreds of infant fish tickling with their inquisitive mouths every inch of her body, a sort of expressionless light kissing".
It was easily one of the most memorable dives I have ever done: the sharks were inquisitive, sleek and stunning, complete with their pilot fish companions accompanying them through their open ocean migration.
Mr McFarlane complains about creelers, who place pots baited with rotting fish on the seabed and wait for inquisitive prawns to crawl in.
It was entirely possible to catch turtles or small fish by hand, he said, since "they are inquisitive, and they will approach a small boat to shelter underneath it".
During her regular dives with the huge animals she has seen first-hand their inquisitive nature and playfulness with humans, a rare discovery in a fish and something she thinks could help raise their profile among the public.
An inquisitive pelican paddles up to the boat to see if we have fish to spare.
It looks a bit like a sea bass, except that it has spines on its head, like a sea robin, and notably large, inquisitive eyes, If someone told me that a sea horse or an electric eel or an angler fish changed the flavor of a stew, I would believe it without a moment's hesitation, but the rascasse proves that there must be more to a fish than meets the eye.
Being in the company of Tom Fort is delightful and interesting because he is so inquisitive; he loves the eccentric and the unusual, the unsung, and he understands the economics of fishing; he has a wealth of stories and anecdotes about the coastal towns from Dungeness to Penzance and Porthcurno, stopping in Newhaven where Lord Lucan left his car.
