The Drake

Tarpon

EGALOPS ATLANTICUS. The name belongs more to a creature in an’80s horror film than a fish out roaming the flats. They are so big and powerful it is hard to imagine them existing in real life. I saw Flip Pallot and Jose Wejebe cross paths with these monsters on television. Then again, I’d also seen Godzilla terrorizing Tokyo. It’s hard to say which was more believable. But I wanted them to

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