Carp curtains - ooer!

[chesters1]

strange , when a girl "loses" her virginity or people "lose" weight where does it go , i havent seen piles of either ,it must go somewhere :confused:

[mpbdsnu]

Had a look around the net and found the following on a site about carp fishing in South Africa:

 

"To make sure that no water is passed out throught the mouth, the carp has a flap of skin at the top of its mouth (also known as the "curtain") which seals the mouth, so that the carp can complete its proper breathing function. Unfortunately, it is common place to see carp without this flap of skin, due to the carelessness of anglers, who damage this part of the mouth when hooking and unhooking them. "Please be careful". "

 

Interesting point, don't you think?

I guess its just one of those things that have no apparent reason for its existence.

 

Maybe it once had more of a function, but as the carp has evolved it has less and less of a need for it?

[catcherofcarps]

ive heard before that carp use it yo help filter food out of silt when they suck it in abd blow the unwanted debreis out