Great Lakes researcher Katie O’Reilly created a new holiday celebrated on Twitter with the hashtag “#25DaysofFishmas.” It’s a hat’s off to Great Lakes fish — a group of animals that O’Reilly said are often out of sight and out of mind.
Today’s fish? The spotted gar.
Time to string up the GAR-land on the #fishmas tree 🎄! The spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is ready to help decorate #GreatLakes #25DaysofFishmas pic.twitter.com/MBzLwgC4Rb
– Katherine O’Reilly (@DrKatfish) December 14, 2017
Read O’Reilly’s thread on Twitter and learn all about today’s fish. Follow along with the #25DaysofFishmas.