During the 1920s, food was a lot harder to come by than nowadays. You couldn’t just pop down to the store and get a big cart full of all the good stuff – a lot of people had to farm or hunt for their food themselves.
This lady was giving it her best, but she was on the wrong end of a crab’s pincers. She’s letting out a big scream, flailing wildly, and the basket in her hand, which might have been full of other crabs, is going straight back into the water.
Not How We Usually Do It, But OK
Fishing has been around for about as long as human beings realized that they could nosh on the little wriggling things that are in the water. It's very possible that it's one of the earliest professions that has ever been in our history and culture, and there are a lot of ways to do it, like this guy.
We have no idea what exactly he's trying to accomplish, but he sure as heck is accomplishing it. Perhaps he's going spearfishing, but he doesn't look like he's having a good time of it, now that we look closer.
Doing It the Old Way
This picture is from way back in 1955 when a pair of anglers headed to the local watering hole to catch some dinner. Maybe they did things differently in England back in the mid-twentieth century, but we're pretty sure that they had poles by that point.
Maybe they do have the proper hardware, and it's just out of sight, or maybe they like to get their hands dirty and grab the fish right out of the water like a couple of pros. We're also a little amazed at the photo quality, seeing as the picture is almost seventy years old.
Swimming With the Bears
Many pictures have been taken under the water that featured sea-dwelling creatures, but it's going to be pretty hard to beat this one. There seems to be not only a jellyfish – not the safest thing to be around – but there is also an actual, real polar bear right behind the swimmer.
This is the kind of picture that is listed as the last time anyone saw the swimmer, but it seems he not only survived but wasn't hurt at all. Was this some kind of special swim-with-polar-bears event? If so, sign us up.
Gotcha!
No, we don't really think that this person caught a flying fish that was leaping out of the water with his bare hands, but it does kind of look like that. The real sight to see here is the formation of the amazing fins, wings, or whatever they're called that are on this particular fish.
Nature really does contain some amazing stuff, and while many things in the water are little more than ugly lumps, this fish has quite a look to it. We bet it tasted pretty good, too. Maybe a little bit of salsa on the side. Mmm.