Aega antarctica fish. It has strong muscles in its oesophagus and large salivary glands and rapidly fills its dilatable hind gut with blood. It then drops off the fish and spends several months on the seabed digesting the blood. In a research study, specimens of "Aega antarctica" were kept in a marine aquarium at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, where they were maintained at a temperature of . It was found that they would feed on a number of species of fish native to the North Sea and in this research they were fed on live European plaice ("Pleuronectes platessa"). One fish
Orange–Fish River Tunnel Orange–Fish River Tunnel The Orange–Fish Tunnel is an irrigation tunnel in central South Africa. For many years, large areas in the Eastern Cape experienced severe water shortages because of little rainfall in the arid Karoo. The situation was aggravated by the reduction in capacity of many of the existing dams due to heavy silt deposits. The Orange-Fish Tunnel, together with its network of canals, weirs and balancing dams, has enabled these areas to be restored and has made the irrigation of thousands of hectares of additional land possible. The main purpose of the tunnel is to divert water from the