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March 1, 2010

Cloudy with a chance of fish

Filed under: Uncategorized, Weird - By. William

Fish raining down on you from the sky is rare, but fish raining down on you two nights in a row is just plain eldritch. The unlikely two-night fish rain occurred last week in a small Australian town called Lajamanu in the Northern Territory.




December 10, 2009

Herrings behind Swedish traffic chaos

Filed under: Weird - By. William

An unusual road accident put traffic to a complete halt today on the E6 highway outside Strömstad on the Swedish west coast.




November 18, 2009

Normandy Nessie?

Filed under: Weird - By. William

78-year-old Florida resident Russ Sittlow has spotted something big swimming in the canals of Madeira Beach at the coast of Pinellas County in western Florida.




November 12, 2009

Shark baby found dead in public restroom

Filed under: Sharks & Rays, Weird - By. William

According to NBC News Channel, someone has placed a shark pup on top of a toilet in a public restroom in Beaufort, South Carolina.




October 13, 2009

Caribbean fish travelling in style

Filed under: Fish, Weird - By. William

The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, UK has received some attention in the press after chartering a Boeing 767 to fly in a 42-tonne cargo of Caribbean fish for a new exhibition.




October 5, 2009

When opposites won’t attract; same-colour medakas preferentially selective for each other

Filed under: Fish, Law & Law Enforcement, Seals, Sharks & Rays, Weird - By. William

An international team of researchers have shown how one single gene mutation is capable of making the medaka, a Japanese killifish, loose its attractive colours and display a drab grey colour which renders them significantly less attractive to medakas of the opposite sex – unless that potential mate is grey too.




October 3, 2009

Chihuahua survives 24 hours inside sunken riverboat

Filed under: Weird - By. Anja

Fancy, a four-year-old Chihuahua, survived for more than 24 hours under water after being left inside a capsized riverboat. She was onboard a houseboat that sunk in the river near Toledo, USA after hitting a stump.




July 9, 2009

Fish nibbles on a man’s private parts during spa treatment!

Filed under: Weird - By. William

According to China Daily, a male visitor to a hot spring club has had his external reproductive organs nibbled on by fish.




June 30, 2009

Koi crime wave in East Yorks, UK

Filed under: Law & Law Enforcement, Uncategorized, Weird - By. William

Twelve thefts of exotic fish and pond equipment have been reported over a three-week period across Hull, East Yorks.

Humberside Police Community Support Officer Sam Gregory said all the evidence suggests the culprits are using the Internet to seek out their targets.




June 15, 2009

Tropical 4ft moray eel caught in British waters

Filed under: Fish, Weird - By. William

A moray eel species native to warm tropical waters have been caught in the considerably colder waters found off the coast of Cornwall, UK.




June 13, 2009

More mutant lobsters

Filed under: Uncategorized, Weird - By. William

Nova Scotia is not the only place with odd looking lobsters; the original Scotland also has some strange colour morphs dwelling in its waters.

If you visit the rock pool at Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, you can for instance encounter one electric blue lobster with white markings and one pitch-black lobster adorned with vivid orange colours that contrast beautifully against the dark areas. Picture here




June 12, 2009

It’s raining fish and frogs

Filed under: Uncategorized, Weird - By. William

A number of Japanese citizens living in the Ishikawa Prefecture have made some strange observations during the last few days.




Orange-and-yellow lobster mutant found in Canadian waters

Filed under: Sea food, Uncategorized, Weird - By. William

A rare orange-and-yellow lobster has been found off the coast of Prince Edward Island in Canada. Instead of the drab colours normally sported by lobsters, this female specimen boosts a spotted orange-and-yellow pattern. According to specialists, she’s one in about 30 million.




June 9, 2009

Florida fisherman spends 10 days next to live missile; ” it was kind of a fright”

Filed under: Weird - By. William

When long-line fishing boat captain Rodney Solomon reeled in an air-to-air missile 50 miles (80km) off Panama City in Florida, he did what anyone would have done – strapped it to his boat and enjoyed the remaining 10 days of his fishing trip.




June 5, 2009

Revisting the rectum - the “Eel”uding answer!

Filed under: Weird - By. William

As reported earlier, an ill-fated eel somehow ended up in the butt of an allegedly constipated Chinese gentleman. Two European fish experts have now taken a closer look at a photograph of the eel in question and given their expert opinion on its identity.




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