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Fishermen seek help identifying bizarre sea creature
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Posted on 05/03/2016 7:27:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono
ZHOUSHAN, China, - A group of Chinese fisherman are turning to the Internet for help identifying a bizarre sea creature they caught in waters off Zhejiang Province. 
The video, filmed April 25 in Zhoushan, shows the creature being reeled in by the fisherman and examined by the group, who use a pole to lift the strange fish's head out of the water for a better look. 
The fishermen said they were unable to identify the animal, which they described as much larger than the fish they normally catch in the area. 
The creature was described as having "two plump places on its under jaw with one tooth on each." 
It was unclear whether the fishermen ultimately released the creature or captured it for further study.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: creature; mysteryfish
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To: JoeProBono
    Shark
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:30:32 AM PDT
by 
rdcbn
("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Milleraere)
 
To: JoeProBono
    >It was unclear whether the fishermen ultimately released the creature or captured it for further study.
I bet further study, as they sautee it in a wok.
 
To: JoeProBono
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:31:25 AM PDT
by 
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
 
To: JoeProBono
    Doesn’t act like it’s alive, whatever it is.
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:34:19 AM PDT
by 
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality"  Crazy Horse)
 
To: JoeProBono
    I am amazed at how scary ugly some sea creatures are. We had a Golden Book Encyclopedia that I used to love to look through when I was young, and those deep sea fish would make me slam the book shut!
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:34:50 AM PDT
by 
stayathomemom
(Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
 
To: BenLurkin
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:35:18 AM PDT
by 
showme_the_Glory
((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
 
To: rdcbn
    Yangtze long-jaw mudsnapper.
 
To: JoeProBono
    Pinocchio fish? His nose is growing, don’t trust him!
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:40:29 AM PDT
by 
Boogieman
 
To: Boogieman
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:42:46 AM PDT
by 
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
 
To: rdcbn
    Yellow-bellied Trumpster fish
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:44:04 AM PDT
by 
2nd Amendment
(Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
 
To: Duchess47
    Looks fake or dead . Either that or a mutant from all the pollution in their waters.
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:47:51 AM PDT
by 
lilypad
 
To: JoeProBono
    Looks more like a river creature rather than a sea creature.
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:48:50 AM PDT
by 
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
 
To: JoeProBono
    From the comments at the site - mesoplodon densirostris
Blainville’s beaked whale
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:48:50 AM PDT
by 
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
 
To: JoeProBono
    Looks staged and fake; do they always record pulling nets it.
Didn’t struggle at all.
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:49:05 AM PDT
by 
correctthought
("Obamunism is a temporary setback on the road to freedom" - Liberty Prime)
 
To: lilypad
    Yes, I’ve seen two inch bluegill fight harder than that on a line.
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:49:24 AM PDT
by 
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality"  Crazy Horse)
 
To: JoeProBono
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:52:09 AM PDT
by 
mumblypeg
(Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
 
To: Eccl 10:2
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:52:20 AM PDT
by 
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
 
To: JoeProBono
    Blobfish? They’re deep sea fish that balloon up if they come to the surface.
 
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:53:00 AM PDT
by 
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
 
To: rdcbn
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posted on 
05/03/2016 7:56:34 AM PDT
by 
MortMan
(Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
 
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