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Hogchoker - the new Internet star
by Stanislav P. Abadjiev | 2 June 2010 19:58 GMT — Votes (1)
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More recent stories…A small flatfish living along the coast of North America is the new Internet star. Currently the hotness for this particular search in Google Trends is 'volcanic.'
The name of the fish is hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus. This unusual name comes from farmers who used to feed these fish to their hogs. It is abundant in the Chesapeake Bay.
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