http://fishosaur.com/ Pictures of giant fish. en-us Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:17:53 -08:00 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:17:53 -08:00 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=2.21 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-ocean-sunfish-forklifted-away-000035.html You're going to need to turn your head sideways for this unfortunate picture: 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 the world. And, according to this, they may contain... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-ocean-sunfish-forklifted-away-000035.html Far East Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:17:53 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/east-coast/max-mayfield-grouper-in-hot-salty-water-000034.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/east-coast/max-mayfield-grouper-in-hot-salty-water-000034.html East Coast Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:29:15 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/miss-vietnam-brings-fish-to-festival-000033.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/miss-vietnam-brings-fish-to-festival-000033.html Far East Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:23:47 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/frilled-shark-video-from-japan-000032.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/frilled-shark-video-from-japan-000032.html Far East Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:01:19 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/europe/english-move-fondle-prepare-giant-squid-000031.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/europe/english-move-fondle-prepare-giant-squid-000031.html Europe Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:51:36 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/paris-hilton-cell-phones-and-a-huge-tuna-000030.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/paris-hilton-cell-phones-and-a-huge-tuna-000030.html Far East Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:04:38 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/europe/video-huge-catfish-caught-000029.html 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.... http://fishosaur.com/europe/video-huge-catfish-caught-000029.html Europe Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:51:26 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/europe/giant-swordfish-netted-or-photoshopped-000028.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/europe/giant-swordfish-netted-or-photoshopped-000028.html Europe Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:17:08 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/west-coast/sen-lisa-murkowski-a-huge-king-salmon-and-lots-of--000027.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/west-coast/sen-lisa-murkowski-a-huge-king-salmon-and-lots-of--000027.html West Coast Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:56:47 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/huge-tuna-vs-japanese-fish-market-workers-000026.html 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.... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/huge-tuna-vs-japanese-fish-market-workers-000026.html Far East Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:20:32 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/worlds-smallest-fish-a-carp-from-indonesia-000025.html The world's smallest fish has been located living in an acidic peat swamp on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It has been termed the "Paedocypris progenetica" and is a member of the carp family. Despite being only .31 inches (7.9 millimeters), the males have "exceptionally large muscles" and "enlarged pelvic fins". Boffins speculate these are used for the... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/worlds-smallest-fish-a-carp-from-indonesia-000025.html Far East Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:33:18 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/japan-attacked-by-giant-jellyfish-000024.html Driven by the hand of man - including the dreaded Global Warming - and carried by ocean currents, monstrous jellyfish weighing up to over 400 pounds and with a diameter of over six feet are invading the Pacific side of Japan, Asahi reports. The squiggly beasts - named Echizen kurage or Nomura's jellyfish and a very distant relative of... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/japan-attacked-by-giant-jellyfish-000024.html Far East Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:44:25 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/east-coast/12pound-lobster-fat-joe-wins-pardon-000023.html In a case that has received worldwide attention, including statements from president Bush, Kofi and Kojo Annan of the United Nations, the Pope, as well as a worldwide television special featuring Bono, the 12 pound lobster which was recently caught off the coast of Massachusetts has been spared and will not become dinner, NBC10 reports. Video at the link.... http://fishosaur.com/east-coast/12pound-lobster-fat-joe-wins-pardon-000023.html East Coast Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:43:12 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-great-white-shark-in-new-zealand-000022.html Pictured above is New Zealand commercial fisherman Warwick Harris posing with the jaws of a massive Great White Shark that got caught in his nets off the Waikato coast. It was 15 feet long and weighed in at 3300 pounds. The remainder of the shark is with scientists who are investigating the matter. Harris was fishing for snapper and... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-great-white-shark-in-new-zealand-000022.html Far East Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:44:01 -08:00 http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-squid-captured-on-film-tokyo-japan-000021.html Giant squid researcher Tsunemi Kubodera from Tokyo, Japan's National Science Museum as well as Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association have captured the first pictures of a live squid. All previous pics of these mysterious beasts have been of ones that washed ashore or were otherwise non-functioning. They captured more than 500 images using a baited hook.... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-squid-captured-on-film-tokyo-japan-000021.html Far East Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:31:53 -08:00