Hooklineandminker.com/photo slider
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Rare Fish Gallery
Description
The file gallery.swf is a flash-based photo slider that contains images of a variety of rare fish. Each image in the slider has a description of the fish and a link to the photo source.
Gallery configuration file
Decompiling the Flash file[1] reveals that it acquires information about what pictures/information to display from http://www.hooklineandminker.com/config.xml?nocache=x, where "x" is a number between 0 and 100000000 randomly selected by the Flash client. (The inclusion of the "nocache" parameter within the URL is used to make sure that the XML file is never loaded from the browser's cache. This is a common technique and should not be interpreted as being significant.)
Gallery information
| Title: | PHOTO SLIDER |
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| Subtitle: | HERE ARE SOME COOL AQUARIUM AND NON-AQUARIUM FISH! |
Fish images and descriptions
Snakehead fish
| Title: | SNAKEHEAD FISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/snakehead.jpg | |
| Description: | When food is scarce they are known to venture out of the water in search of prey. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Stephen Messenger |
Red Lion Fish
| Title: | RED LION FISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/redlion.jpg | |
| Description: | Every spine of the lionfish is venomous, and their venom is extremely painful. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Lala live2 |
Angler Fish
| Title: | ANGLER FISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/anglerfish.jpg | |
| Description: | This fish has a special lighted fin that acts as a 'fishing rod' to lure in prey to get eaten. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Bruce Robison, National Geographic |
Fangtooth Fish
| Title: | FANGTOOTH FISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/fangtooth.jpg | |
| Description: | The fangtooth has the largest teeth in proportion to its body size of any other ocean fish. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: photo credit: Phil Livelsberger |
Coffinfish
| Title: | COFFINFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/coffinfish.jpg | |
| Description: | The coolest thing about the coffinfish is the fact that they walk along the ocean floor. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Words Without |
Frogfish
| Title: | FROGFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/frogfish.jpg | |
| Description: | This is one sly fish they use mimicry and camouflage to either hide from predators or look like a potential meal for their prey. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: FPTravels |
Toadfish
| Title: | TOADFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/toadfish.jpg | |
| Description: | The Oyster toadfish has a distinctive "foghorn" sound that is used to attract females in the mating season. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Clay Coleman |
- The clue "Bring the Foghorn and the unexpected title." refers to this fish and the foghorn sound it makes.
Viperfish
| Title: | VIPERFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/viperfish.jpg | |
| Description: | These guys have sharp fangs and large mouths so there's no need to chase food, they can just catch it. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Widder/HBOI |
Bobbit Worm
| Title: | BOBBIT WORM |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/bobbitworm.jpg | |
| Description: | The Bobbit worms sharp teeth and speed can sometimes cut it’s prey in half. It grows up to 9.8 ft.,the length of an Anaconda. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Max Gibbs |
Giant Sturgeon
| Title: | GIANT STURGEON |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/sturgeon.jpg | |
| Description: | The Sturgeon is the largest fresh water fish, it’s been known to weigh up to 4,400 lbs. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Three Gorges Probe |
Oar Fish
| Title: | OAR FISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/oarfish.jpg | |
| Description: | These fish can grow up to 50 ft. long and are often mistaken for sea monsters. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Alan Thompson |
Lamprey
| Title: | LAMPREY |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/lamprey.jpg | |
| Description: | The Lamprey is sort of like a vampire but with a lot more teeth. It’s equipped with a mouth shaped like a funnel and sucks the blood of other fish. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Steve Davies |
Portugese Man-of-War
| Title: | PORTUGESE MAN-OF-WAR |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/manofwar.jpg | |
| Description: | These sea creatures are infamous for their very painful, powerful sting. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Adam Laverty |
Wolffish
| Title: | WOLFFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/wolffish.jpg | |
| Description: | Also known as the Seawolf, has tons of teeth, up to six fang-like teeth in front, rows of crushing teeth in back and don't forget the throat which is scattered with serrated teeth! | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Florin Nedelcu |
Stonefish
| Title: | STONEFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/stonefish.jpg | |
| Description: | The body is equipped with venom glands that produce the most deadly fish venom, it can kill any human unlucky enough to tread on the spines. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: SeanMack |
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
| Title: | CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/starfish.jpg | |
| Description: | This is the most dangerous species in the coral reef Eco-System, if it does not kill you, you will have a bad case of nausea and vomiting. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: Jon Hanson |
Barreleye Fish
| Title: | BARRELEYE FISH |
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| File: | http://www.hooklineandminker.com/images/barreleye.jpg | |
| Description: | The barreleye has a see-through head and tunnel vision. | |
| Credit: | photo credit: 2004 MBARI |
References
- ? Thanks to AzureWolf for decompiling the Flash and explaining "nocache".
