I became a vegetarian in 1995. I had some fried chicken, and my teeth hit the bone. My mind said, 'Dead bird, dead bird.' It didn't feel right, so I stopped. I kept eating fish until one day, in 1997, the chef brought my ginger-fried snapper with the head still on it.

American Musician

Tony Parsons

There are a handful of barbecue seafood shacks on the beach at Hat Nai Yang, which is a fabulous place to have dinner. It's very much run for locals and they serve the catch of the day, which might be lobster, white snapper or squid. It's ridiculously reasonable, too.

English Critic

Rose Matafeo

Every time I go back to New Zealand I live with my Nan, and it is the sweetest thing. I don't know if she fully understood how much you are catered for on set, so she'd send me to work with like, pavlovas and lemon drizzle cakes and smoked snapper.

Brian Skerry

The bohar snapper - they have these huge canines. I got bit by one. One took a chunk out of my ear - they are much scarier than the sharks.

American Photographer

In cooking, 'snapper' refers to the fish and frequently appears on restaurant menus.

Culinary Term

'Snapper' can refer to different species, red snapper being the most known.

Species Variation

Anglers talk about 'catching a snapper,' using the word as fishing lingo.

Fishing Term

When used for a device, 'snapper' often relates to items we open and close like purses or jackets.

Fastening Context

In technology, 'snapper' suggests a tool that quickly captures or secures things.

Technology Usage

'Snapper' is a common nickname for certain turtles, emphasizing their snapping bite.

Animal Nickname

Mentioning 'snapper turtles' brings attention to their aggressive behavior when threatened.

Wildlife Caution

'Snapper' as a photographer is casual and suggests non-professional interest in photography.

Informal Hobbyist

In the UK, calling someone a 'snapper' can imply a hobbyist photographer, often used affectionately.

British Slang

 for what we expected scientist was that certain things would happen for example he expected that certain species of fish like the New Zealand snapper that had been fished to the brink of extinction would return and they did here we see some right here they came back in big numbers and in size but he said we couldn't predict that other things would

Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...

 snapper here we see two different species of sharks a gray reef shark and a white tip reef shark here both patrolling over this very healthy coral reef environment so there are still jewels like this and the science that's being done will use places like this as a baseline for conservation elsewhere in the world where we need to know how to

Crucial Waters PIPE...

 been available for many of our native fish dogs like snapper and grouper that are feeding on similar small bodied reef fishes they're also certainly having a direct predatory impact on many of those small reef fishes and while we don't fish for those species those species perform important ecological services on

Divers Fight the...

 What the scientists there told me was that when protected this first marine reserve in 1975, they hoped and expected that certain things might happen. For example, they hoped that certain species of fish like the New Zealand snapper would return because they had been fished to the brink of commercial extinction.

Brian Skerry reveals...

 me shark huge yellowfin tuna massive snapper I've never seen anything like it I'm studying the effectiveness of marine reserves on wide-ranging animals and the first thing I did was I dived into the policies I wanted to look at the laws that were actually outlined to do this so I quote unquote protection but

There Are Better Ways to...

 readily and often steal fish that are hooked and being reeled in by anglers a lot of anglers are concerned that Goliath Grouper are eating up all of the grouper and snapper species that we have that are important fishery species and the reality of that is that goliath

Some Say This Goliath...

 rakers while water is expelled right back out through the Guild's but dog snapper eggs aren't the only caviar these big mouse loved wheat kubera gather in deep water and form a cyclone that whirls toward the surface the

Whale Sharks' Unusual...

 gills but dog snapper eggs aren't the only caviar these big mouse loved wheat kubera gather in deep water and form a cyclone that whirls toward the surface the female turns white to attract males

Whale Shark PIPE National...

 Beautiful. Yeah. While it will be easy to spend the rest of the day relaxing on this beautiful beach, there's work to be done underwater. That snapper I just tasted is exactly what I need

Gordon Goes Spearfishing...

 instinctively to their birthplace following chemical clues somehow these sharks learn where the snapper bar and then remember to come back to this exact location each year

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