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I have noticed one or two of my tilapia have developed the facial characteristics of Walter Matthau, jowls. I would see one from time to time, probably starting about 5 months after the first stocking, but,I had never caught one until today then I caught two in a row. Both seemed fine, good color and conformation except for the jowls. Does anyone have any idea what might cause this defect? I should have taken a picture but both were cooked almost as soon as they were netted.
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they must have been really grumpy.
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They sure were when they went into the deep fryer.
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Rad if you start to develop jowls we will know it is a transferable genetic trait. After all , as the saying says -- you are what you eat -- ugggh.  
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I told my wife and her mother that my daugher seemed to resemble Walter Matthau back when she was about 6 months old.
Needless to say, it didn't go over very well.
Nonetheless, she did look like him when she was unhappy.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Some friends and relatives had a Churchill and a Jean-Luc Picard. Lucky for them, they're not fish or they would hang on my wall.
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My Dad has told me for my entire life that I started out looking like Peter Lorre. 
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"You stupid fool!" ------------------- When I was little, my nickname was "Toad." It was not due to any amphibious qualities.
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....must'a had somethin' to do with the red hair 
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That's a frog, Brettski; they taste totally different.
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geez. Another perfectly normal thread skewed to the dark side. The usual perpetraters are involved.
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Originally posted by Theo Gallus:
That's a frog, Brettski; they taste totally different. - ...sorry; I forgot what toads do when ya grab 'em (Luke is my son)
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Toad away, toad away,
Toad away, away.
Where do you go when you're toad away?
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Rad asked for it when he used the thread title: Walter Matthau.
He might has well name the thread "Talk about things other than my question, please".
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Gee thanks for all the fine advise.
ewest, They looked weird so I fed them to the neighbors and I will keep an eye on them. If they start jowling out I'll put up a for sale sign.
I didn't expect much help, my description was vague, I will get a picture next time.
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