ummm whats this?
Submitted by poketz on Thu, 2011-06-16 05:16
ummm anybody know what this is? found it on spearoz they reckon the guy ate it lol
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deepwater
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?????
UUUMMMMMMMMMM ??????? looks like something out of the simpsons
jeff
fisherking
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DEAD
DEAD
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pgreen1
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WOW Freaky is all i can say
WOW Freaky is all i can say
till
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F**KING UGLY
F**KING UGLY
Jody
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So ....
What did it taste like
TWiZTED
scottland
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i would say
theres some photoshop involved jmo
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aro_craze
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mutated parrot fish?
mutated parrot fish?
Rig
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Ugly
Cross between a parrot( bird) and a black ass
hlokk
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Very interesting that one!
Very interesting that one! Are there any pictures of the other side of it? Having two eyes on one side suggests its some sort of flat bottom fish like a flounder, but the fins definitely dont looks like a flatfish (they look like the fins of a fish that swims vertically to me). The mouth does look like a beak too. Is it like that or just the angle/light?
Considering the fins dont look like a what you'd expect on a bottom hugging fish (like the eyes would suggest), perhaps its just mutated? Otherwise I can imagine it laying on the seafloor like some sort of angler fish :p. Pretty big for a such a highly mutated fish though, so perhaps thats what that species looks like? Will be very interesting to see if anyone knows what it is.
What was it doing when they speared it?
poketz
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na thats the only picture
na thats the only picture unfortunalty. it was caught on a line not spear so not sure. im thinking photoshop has had a part to play in this lol
MattMiller
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C'mon Matt
it's clearly photoshoped
Damage82
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Photoshoped
If it is Photoshoped they have done a very good job. Attention to the shadows is what I am talking about. I am just not too sure....
madfisher
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Maybe they caught it near
Maybe they caught it near Fukushima in Japan???
gregg_13
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Got a link the the other
Got a link the the other website?
poketz
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link
http://spearoz.org/index.php?topic=706.0
apparently caught over east
bod
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whatever
whatever it is, I certainly wouldn't be eating it.
Bodie
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definitly photoshoped, can
definitly photoshoped, can see from the blue around the 2nd eye
fishnut
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haha - nice photoshop!
haha - nice photoshop! someone with too much time on their hands. It looks like a female Eastern Blue Groper to me, well except for the head. funny stuff
fishnut
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This reminded me of another
This reminded me of another good photoshop job from years ago that some gullible types thought was real...
hlokk
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Actually, that one wasnt
Actually, that one wasnt photoshopped, it was a sculpture.
Not so convinced the original pic is photoshopped, but theres a few techniques to check it if they havent been careful (e.g. matching the grain). Its clear the second eye isnt just a cut and paste of the other eye though, so was it either taken from another photo or made from scratch or heavily modified from the other one?
fishnut
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mate, it has a bird's beak!
mate, it has a bird's beak!
hlokk
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So do parrotfish ;) There
So do parrotfish ;) There is still probably a high likelihood it is a photoshop though, just wonder if it definitely is (there are some weird fish out there). The more I look at it the more photoshopped it looks though. If someone could identify the body fish it would give a pretty definitive answer I think. I have a seafishes of southern australia at home, so i'll look in that and see what I find. Or someone with a login check the original site to see if any shenanigans admitted to.
fishnut
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I did identify it (see above)
I did identify it (see above) - my money is on a female eastern blue groper. Those dorsal spines are pretty distinctive.
hlokk
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Would have had to photoshop
Would have had to photoshop the belly profile too though, and if they did that, then could be a much larger number of 'base image' fish. http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Female-Eastern-Blue-Groper
The shadowing is pretty good if it is though.
If theres something with that distinctive 'bump' on the belly then that would identify it, but if theres nothing at all with that bump, then it could be a number of different 'base fish' though. Def not blue groper eyes, so the eyes would have to be from another fish (as opposed to duplicated) even if the base fish is a blue groper.
smash
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or maybe from the
or maybe from the Montebello's....
Dale
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It's got a black cockatoo's
It's got a black cockatoo's beak, or similar
Cheers
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Ringy35
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Jeeesus.....
Why would you take it home!!! I wouldnt even touch somethin that come outa the water lookin like that....
joe amato
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wtf?
wtf?bloody scary fish