Movie aFISHionados

Make the Yuletide gay with this blast from the past, recorded last Christmas (ayy) when we also talked The Skeleton Twins and Atlantis. Sadly any plague references are still relevant.

Here we talk lionfish, why tank lids are essential in a world containing hairdryers, two surprisingly enjoyable Christmas flicks, and the treasure that is Dan Levy.

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Summer in Paradise from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com)

Last Christmas - Wham!

We team up with Dr Sam Perrin from the Cinematica Animalia podcast to discuss why the premise of this film is a terrible, terrible idea; the complexities of invasive species; well-meaning movie racism; and the plight of salmon

Extra reading on our Twitter

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Music credit:

Summer in Paradise from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com)

In our grand return (part two) we do something a little different and discuss how fish (and whales) can serve a narrative and symbolic function in film using Sundance Film Festival winner The Skeleton Twins. We also touch on Moby Dick, whaling, and run through our favourite moments from previous episodes.

Content Warnings: suicide, child grooming

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Summer in Paradise from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com)

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship 

In our grand return, we discuss adventure and colonialism, the moral lessons of the myth of Atlantis, and why the weird coelacanth is a symbol of wonder and biological connections to this day.  

Check out our Twitter thread for further reading: https://twitter.com/FishMoviePod/status/1351851102271102978?s=20

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Music credit: Summer in Paradise from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com)

This time we discuss the funkiest fish in the sea, seahorses! Up for discussion is their unusual breeding strategy, their strange anatomy, why we are all fish, and dads at barbeques.

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Further Reading:

The Seahorse Trust: https://www.theseahorsetrust.org/

Save Our Seahorses (Seahorse Aquariums): http://www.seahorseaquariums.com/569/SOS-save-our-seahorses/

Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales

Male Pregnancy and the Formation of Seahorse Species by Adam G. Jones (message us for the PDF)

Seahorse: The Dad who Gave Birth: https://seahorsefilm.com/

Romance of the Seas: Strange Mating Habits of the Seahorse: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/06/seahorse-reproduction-behavior-conservation/

New pygmy seahorse discovered, first of its kind in Africa: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2020/05/new-pygmy-seahorse-discovered-first-of-its-kind-in-africa

The secret sex life and pregnancy of the seahorse dad: https://theconversation.com/the-secret-sex-life-and-pregnancy-of-a-seahorse-dad-46599

Seahorses click when "horny": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4DnPEjpsYc

Science Today: Pygmy Seahorse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8962KC5IX80

True Facts about the Seahorse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqYUTTqupOY

How Animators Created the Spiderverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wUKu_V2Lk

How Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Changed the Animation Game: https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/how-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-changed-animation.html

In this episode we discuss angelfish, mollies, drop several classical references, discuss the difference between animal rights and animal welfare, get interrupted by spiders and are more than a little unhinged.

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Music credit: Summer in Paradise from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com) and Orinoco Flow by Enya

Further Reading: 

The Zoological Society of London: https://www.zsl.org/

The Critter Shed: https://play.acast.com/s/7307ff07-7cc9-5e1f-97bb-a5c236e6e412

Buy a Fish, Save a Tree: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/buy-a-fish-save-a-tree

Meet the all-female fish wowing the world of science: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/meet-the-all-female-fish-wowing-the-world-of-science-1.3391737

Asexual reproduction in whiptail lizards: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexual-lizards/ and http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/the-new-mexico-whiptail-lizard-is-made-up-entirely-of-females/

Hatchetfish "flying": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0zIMoiGSA

The Queen Angelfish: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/q/queen-angelfish/

Angelfish: How Times Have Changed!: https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/angelfish-how-times-have-changed/

Keeping and breeding angelfish in the aquarium: https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/keeping-and-breeding-angelfish-in-the-aquarium/

It is Pride Month! So as we discuss asexual reproduction, check out human asexuality as well, which is a little different: https://www.asexualityarchive.com/

It took us three episodes to get here, but we finally discuss the most notorious fish flick of all time, Jaws. We talk sharks, scicomm under pressure (pushing down on me), defence mechanisms of New Yorkers, a cute little shark cafe, Orca families, and the sheer number of piercings you can get with a skeleton that's ALL CARTILAGE BABY!

Also discussed is why sharks are cool punk friends who need our help.

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Music credit: Summer in Paradise from Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com); and Jaws by Lemon Demon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KH5QBZdvf0)

Further Reading:

Purse Search Ireland: https://marinedimensions.ie/purse-search-ireland/

The Irish Basking Shark Project: https://www.baskingshark.ie/

The International Shark Attack File: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/

BBC Shark (an excellent series): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3PQHSqX4NkFpsCysvfdbf5c/what-makes-a-shark

The walking shark (feat. David Attenborough): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlHMMsP_ZI

The Shark Trust: https://www.sharktrust.org/

Voyage to the White Shark Cafe: https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/voyage-white-shark-cafe/

Great Whites Breaching (also feat. David Attenborough): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzxy3GtSzt0

Jaws, 40 Years On: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/31/jaws-40-years-on-truly-great-lasting-classics-of-america-cinema

How Jaws Misrepresented the Great White: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33049099

In the pilot episode Aife and Dani discuss the history of goldfish, whether swearing should be allowed on this podcast, the movie Shazam!, and what would happen if a fish decided to keep a pet dog.

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