http://fishosaur.com/ Pictures of giant fish. en-us 2011-01-23T21:49:34-08:00 2011-01-23T21:53:14-08:00 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.... http://fishosaur.com/europe/spiders-live-under-water-argyroneta-aquatica-000051.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/east-coast/canadian-ice-fishing-girl-catches-huge-walleye-hol-000050.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/west-coast/world-record-yellowfin-tuna-405-pounds-000049.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/whale-poses-with-lands-on-yacht-in-south-africa-000048.html 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.... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-jellyfish-no-match-for-japanese-blender-tech-000047.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/west-coast/when-deep-sea-fishing-goes-horribly-wrong-000046.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/europe/a-wels-catfish-photo-spectacular-000045.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/europe/german-man-poses-with-alleged-world-record-common--000044.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/europe/giant-squidfest-2009-000043.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/thailand/massive-771lb-stingray-poses-with-british-thais-000042.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/west-coast/barreleye-fish-finally-caught-on-video-000041.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/midwest/pike-ice-fishing-video-is-true-cinema-000040.html 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,... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/giant-cuttlefish-hunts-diver-where-are-the-dolphin-000039.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/far-east/catching-a-world-record-striped-marlin-000038.html 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... http://fishosaur.com/east-coast/petas-sea-kittens-spotted-000037.html