tiraspol

Caught some crazy looking invasive shrimps at the local estuary in Pridnestrovie. Normally , they are native to Asia, but they have spread all over Europe now. Not good. They are Macrobrachium nipponense . Beware, they very aggressive and have no fear of humans. Don't forget to subscribe...

Check it out guys. I grabbed two blonds and we went to the massive sturgeon farm near my house in Tiraspol. They have belugas, sterlets, russian sturgeon, and besters (hybrids). All the fish carry a name tag on their front fin. Everything is super high tech. Oh, and the fish are NOT killed...

I caught this little hedgehog near my apartment in Tiraspol (Pridnestrovie). He had the biggest tick that I have seen in my life. I've ripped it off and it started crawling around. Crazy stuff. Really crazy

So, I was hanging around my apartment building last night and what do I hear? Some weird puffing sounds. I looked around and saw this fat guy sitting around and screaming. That's right. It's a huge European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). I guess, he lives close my. There are lots of...

Just filmed this two guys near my apartment building. they were pretty loud

My large toad goby or knout goby (Mesogobius batrachocephalus). Check out the three trap door snails in the background ))) Monkey Goby or Sand Goby ( Neogobius fluviatilis) Monkey Goby Vs Toad Goby )) Monkey Goby Toad Goby and Monkey Goby hanging out together...

My first two fish for the Dniester Biotope aquarium. Two toad gobies or Mesogobius batrachocephalus.

I went to collect some gobies for my Dniester Biotope project and guess what I found? A real life freshwater sponge or Spongilla fluviatilis. I have heard of freshwater sponges, but until now, I have never seen one. This is what I have noticed on a pieces of wood. At first, I thought that...

Has anyone seen plastic coins? They have them here in Transnistria!!!. Yes, Transnistria has plastic coins: 1, 3, 5, and 10 rubles. It's real money. He He. I was kind of surprised to see them when I moved here. But now I use them all the time. They are pretty durable. No scratches so...

Here are some photos from my trip to catch freshwater pipefish in Dniester. It is a marine species called Black Striped Pipefish or Syngnathus nigrolineatus, that had adopted to completely freshwater life. They live in breed in pure freshwater now. check out my blog for more pictures...

Some pics of last week's fish collecting on Dniester (Tiraspol, Transnitria). 3 species of gobies and 1 weather loach Toad Goby (Mesogobius batrachocephalus) Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) Monkey Goby or Sand Goby ( Neogobius fluviatilis)...