There's something odd about pictures of people posing with giant fish. Something downright strange and otherworldly. Join us on our journey to the four corners of the globe in search of huge exotic sea creatures. Feel free to leave your comments or submit pictures using the information in the lower right.
Sorry to shout, but SPIDERS CAN LIVE UNDER WATER. Here at Fishosaur, we're all about ginormous and/or strange fishes posing with humans, mainly for the shock value of it all.
But, to our Board of Directors, there's nothing more shocking, scary, and downright frightening than the fact that a certain species of spiders - Argyroneta Aquatica - can live underwater. In fact, they go through their entire life cycle there, thanks to an "air bell". They trap air bubbles and then form them into the silvery air bell shown below using silk (link). They then use the air bell in part like a scuba tank and in part as a place to rear their young and eat their prey. The fact that they live in Europe and our Board of Directors doesn't doesn't matter, that's still too close.
This is like a huge, cosmic joke with you as the punch line.
For almost three years now, the Ice Fishing community has been abuzz about the video below showing a young Canadian lady catching a huge walleye. The video is a bit hard to understand because they're not only speaking Canadian but it was shot in Saskatchewan, a Canadian province whose main cities include Regina, Saskatoon, and Moose Jaw. For those not... Read more...
A world record yellowfin tuna deserves not just one but two videos, right? These show Mike Livingston and friends posing with his record-busting catch: a 405 pound yellow fin tuna, breaking a 30-year record. Livingston is from the Vagabond sport fishing boat which is run by San Diego's Point Loma Sportfishing. For the first, you'll need to tilt your laptop... Read more...
A few days ago, a tragic modeling accident occurred off the coast of South Africa. A whale was just playing around and decided to pose with a couple in their yacht. However, as he breached out of the water, he realized he was too close and ended up... crashing into their sail boat! Here's a CNN report, picture of the... Read more...
As we've previously reported, Japan is being attacked by giant jellyfish. The plucky Japanese have responded valiantly by putting the ferocious man-eating beasts into blenders. But, the good news is that researchers theorize blended giant jellyfish might be used to treat people with dry eyes.... Read more...
OK, things didn't go that wrong, but I certainly wouldn't want something like this to happen to me. Imagine you're just innocently deep sea fishing when this happens. And, no, I'm not going to tell you what happens, you'll have to watch it yourself. Disclaimer: while this site normally concentrates on fish posing with people, in this case we've received... Read more...
Not all of these are photos of the Wels catfish (Weller, Silurus glanis), a ginormous beastie mostly found in Europe and famously in the Ebro River in Spain. And, the soundtrack is some wimpy pop tune rather than the folk metal that most experts agree fits in more with the fishes' mood. And, none of the pictures involve noodling. That... Read more...
This video shows a German posing with his friend and business associate, the alleged world record common carp. I say alleged because the video is four years old (3.5 years in carp years) and someone else claims to have caught a larger carp. However, whether they're referring to the same subspecies isn't clear. Rather than quibbling, I suggest just enjoying... Read more... (0)
Here's a slideshow video featuring several photographs of giant squids posing with humans. Or, the other way around if you prefer. Now, you might wonder why the guy in the orange safety vest is lying down next to one of the gigantic beasties, and you might really wonder why a group of people are in what looks like a hot... Read more...
A world record stingray - weighing a massive 771 pounds and measuring 7' in diameter with a 10' tail - was recently spotted in Thailand posing with freshwater biologist boffin Ian Welch and his pals (link, link, link). The stingray initially resisted the posing, even going as far as dragging Welch across his boat. He (Welch) was there to tag... Read more...
The "barreleye" fish (Macropinna microstoma) is one of the stranger creatures you're going to see this week. The two spots above its mouth are not eyes but are the equivalent of nostrils. Its eyes are the large green objects inside its translucent head. The video was actually shot in 2004 by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (link) but was... Read more...
There are a lot of ice fishing videos available online, for everything from walleye to muskie to pike and beyond. However, once per decade, a video comes along that blows them all away and earns the coveted Fishosaur "Two Fins Up, Way Up" award. And, "Pike 13.4 kgs( 29 lbs 9 oz)" is that video. Don't let its prosaic name... Read more...
A new seafood "chef" has been located: a female bottlenose dolphin off the Australian coast meticulously followed a procedure to remove the bones and ink from cuttlefish (link). Scientists speculate that this "recipe" might be passed down through generations. I speculate that one day the dolphins will rise up out of the seas and challenge our hegemony. Meanwhile, you're asking,... Read more...
This site is torn. Fish are food. At the same time, fish are sea kittens. So, please don't tell PETA that I'm linking to the following video of a 345 pound world-record marlin being taken (that's a euphemism) off the coast of New Zealand a couple years ago. The mur... I mean, the spear fisherman was Dave Mullins, and he... Read more...
PETA's latest desperate cry for attention is their attempt to rename fish "sea kittens". No, really: link. What were they thinking? Were they thinking? Some attention is completely counter-productive, and this wacky plan is the very definition. Despite what they think, I'm not about to change the name of this site to SeaKittenOSaur.com, but I was able to locate some... Read more...
Gigantic Fish Researcher and Master Biologist Zeb Hogan is back! This time, he's got video of humongous trout in Mongolia. You're going to need to bring an industrial size skillet to fry up these bad boys! Of course, you shouldn't do that because, due to global cooling they're an endangered species. So, do as Zeb does and simply steer them... Read more...
You're going to need to turn your head sideways for this unfortunate picture [actually, this is another picture, the original one disappeared]: That's an ocean sunfish, also known as Mola Mola, of the order tetraodontiformes. That picture was taken near Zamboanga City in the Philippines. These beasties can reach a ton and are most likely the largest bony fish in... Read more...
Did political enemies of former National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield "snitch" on him? That is the frightening possibility that first crossed my mind when learning that he was being investigated by the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is part of NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration). The NHC is also part of that agency. It happened like this: The... Read more...
At first glance, you might ask, "Why is Miss Vietnam Mai Phuong Thuy carrying a fish?" At second glance, you might ask, "What is she doing with her hand? Is she, you know, carrying something else? Is the Miss a former Mr.?" I urge you to purge all such thoughts from your mind and enjoy the spectacle of a... Read more...
Courtesy of the Awashima Marine Park (via CNN, via some guy video taping his TV) comes this video of a "frilled shark", a rarely seen species known as Chlamydoselachus anguineus. AP report here. They normally live thousands of feet beneath the waves, and they've changed little over time and are thus sometimes supposedly called a "living fossil". The one in... Read more...
Blimey: almost three minutes of odd entertainment are on tap as a group of English persons move, fondle, probe, and otherwise prepare a giant squid to go on display at Britain's Natural History Museum. As described on their page, the beastie in question is an Architeuthis dux, and it's 8.62 metres long (about 28 feet). The animal is originally from... Read more...
Welcome to the winner of the 2006 "Make up your own joke" competition! In this photo, Paris Hilton is shown posing with a huge tuna fish and a cellphone at the Tsukiji Honganji Temple in Tokyo on December 22, 2006. Hilton and the fish were brought in by NTT DoCoMo and Motorola for the launch of their new FOMA M702iS... Read more...
Here's video of a huge catfish being reeled in: There's no word on where the vidoe was shot, who was involved, or anything else. They seem to have British accents, but they don't look like the three who caught a Wels catfish in Spain.... Read more...
Normally this site only features big fishes that are undeniably real. But, I'm expanding the charter a bit here to ask a question about the story "Giant swordfish netted" from England's Sun newspaper. Does anyone believe that this is a real photo of a swordfish caught off Northumberland in the North Sea? Does anyone who believes that that's not either... Read more...
A couple weeks ago Senator Lisa Murkowski and some close friends participated in the 11th annual Kenai River Classic, a fundraiser for that river in Alaska. It raised $800,000. The largest fish was a 67-pound King Salmon, caught by a vice-president of British Petroleum. However, the only picture we have available is that of plucky Lisa, whose catch weighed... Read more...
One day you're a huge tuna swimming pacifically in the sea. The next moment, you're sushi. Well, not quite. In between there are a few intervening steps, as the following video shows. Warning: do not watch this video if you do not have a strong constitution. No, really. Watch this one instead.... Read more...
There's something odd about pictures of people posing with giant fish. Something downright strange and otherworldly. Join us on our journey to the four corners of the globe in search of huge exotic sea creatures. Feel free to leave your comments or submit pictures using the information in the lower right.
Europe :: SPIDERS LIVE UNDER WATER (Argyroneta Aquatica)
