Enjoy Quiet Nature
Enjoy fishing? Then relax along the shoreline of Twin Lakes and
enjoy a day of fishing. A Pennsylvania fishing license is not
required. However, a permit is and it costs $3.00
per person. Equipment rentals are available for
$6.00 per person and includes the fishing
permit.
While you relax along the shores of Twin Lakes, here are some
fun facts about fish* to think about:
- There are over 25,000 identified species of fish on the
earth.
- Fish have been on the earth for more than 450 million
years.
- When a fish is caught on a hook and line, it can feel through
its nervous system that it has been hooked... and will try to
escape. Unlike humans, most fish have no frontal lobe in their
primative brains so they are not likely to be distressed by what
they feel.
- All fish are cold blooded, which means their body temperature
is tied to the water around them.
- A single piranha cannot eat a man, but it can take off a toe -
ouch!
- Most fish do not have eyelids. So, technically, they cannot
close their eyes to sleep. However, they do rest in different ways:
many eat and swim during the day and remain inactive at night,
while some are always semi-resting ("daydreaming") as they
virtually spend their whole lives motionless.
- Fish have no outer ears but enclosed organs situated on either
side of the head behind the eyes that respond to sound waves in the
water.
* Fun Fish Facts