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Inside the ovary

A few nice Crappie Fishing images I found:

Inside the ovary
Crappie Fishing
Image by MyFWC Research
Here, a microscopic view of a section of an ovary magnified 20 times shows the cross-sections of individual eggs. Immature eggs are small and dark, eventually becoming bigger and lighter as they mature.

Gotcha!
Crappie Fishing
Image by ICK9S [M. H. Stephens]
Great Blue Heron trying to position this Speckled Perch in order to swallow him (see below).

Gator Food
Crappie Fishing
Image by L’eau Bleue
A large gator made quite a splash and possibly a meal of one of these guys shortly after I took this shot, but I was too slow with the camera to make the capture. Guess I need to work on my single lens reflexes. Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo.