Eleven-foot 'giant herring' found off Sweden

[Peacetrain]

Whoa.. not seen since 1879... who knew those things ever got that big... I think herring, and I think pickled tiny fish in the refrigerator.. :wow:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100512/sc_afp/swedenanimalfishoffbeat

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – A "giant herring" measuring 3.5 metres (11.4 feet) has been discovered off Sweden's western coast -- the first such fish found in the Scandinavian country in more than 130 years, a maritime museum said Tuesday.

The Regalecus glesne, known as the King of Herrings or Giant Oarfish, was found dead in the small fishing village of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the Norwegian border.

"Down at the water, there was something big floating. At first we thought it was a big piece of plastic. But then we saw an eye. I went down to check and saw that it was this extremely strange fish," Kurt Ove Eriksson, the passer-by who found the specimen, told daily Svenska Dagbladet.

[jpak]

1. It's an oarfish - which is not a herring (herring are clupeids)

[Peacetrain]

3. Okay that is enough to keep me out of the ocean.. seeing something that large

Now that is just scary

[WhiteTara]

4. don't worry, it's dead. n't

[EnviroBat]

11. Don't worry, soon most marine life will be dead...

Unless marine animals can evolve to be oil-breathers in the upcoming weeks...

[jpak]

6. They can grow up to 50 feet in length - the longest fish known

:D

[Peacetrain]

8. Now I am going to have nightmares

YIKES!

[n2doc]

12. How about this one?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/cthulhu-pet-giant-isopod-photos-sea-monster-reddit-attached-underwater-robot.php


Of course, rivers aren't much better....




Maybe just avoid water altogether

[hobbit709]

2. That would require one humungous pickle jar.

[nc4bo]

5. Good googly-moogly, that is one big fishie. nt

[arcadian]

7. Finding the mightiest tree in the forest... and cutting it down

just got a whole lot easier

[Rebubula]

10. LOLZ

I came here to make a similar reference....but yours was far funnier than I could have done.

Well done...

[Dr Morbius]

9. I'm sure that was a very old fish, too. (nt)