This is perhaps the absolute freakiest fish I have ever seen!

This past weekend (actually last week) I had visited two aquariums – The Georgia Aquarium on Wednesday (the day before their 10 millionth guest) and then the Tennessee Aquarium on Friday. Both aquariums are quite exceptional. Both are BIG. Both have some incredibly unique species of fish. While the Georgia Aquarium can lay claim to being the largest aquarium in the world, Tennessee claims to be the largest fresh water aquarium. The freaky fish shown here is called an American Paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, also called the Mississippi paddlefish or spoonbill, lives in slow-flowing waters of the Mississippi River drainage system.