4 Apr
A rare find in Utah has biologists stumped. A mysterious fanged critter (pictured above) was found in Utah after some ice melted.
The strange creature was found after about 4,000 fish were discovered dead in a Brigham City pond, according to officials.
Officials said the pond may have been poisoned or the water may have run out of oxygen due to the thick ice.
While checking the pond, the creature was spotted.
“When we first saw that fish, we thought what in the ….. is that thing?” Utah Divison of Wildlife Resources Ben Boyce said.
The aquatic chupacabra-looking thing was found with carp and goldfish that had been stocked in a Brigham City pond. Biologists haven’t a clue what the fuck the thing is, but they postulate that it may be a trout that has decomposed in such a way that the teeth became more prominent. That sounds like bullshit to me, but whatever. Clearly, it’s some kind of underwater demon. Researchers are waiting for it to decompose entirely so they can study the bone structure. More pictures of the creature can be found here.
Tags: Cryptozoology | fanged creature | Utah
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The mysterious fish is as follows:
ASIAN SNAKEHEAD
Family : Channidae
Genus : Channa
Size : up to a metre in the wild
Temperament : Very aggressive/predacious
Distribution : Asia & South East Asia
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Fish Chat 25/09/99 — Asian Snakeheads - A common food fish in parts of Asia and a very fierce predator in the wild. It’s known as snakehead due to the resemblance of its head to a snake. Snakeheads are freshwater fish from the genus Channa. The more popularly known species are the Toman (Giant snakehead) and the Haruan (Common snakehead). Both are considered food fish and can be bought from wet markets.
Juveniles swim in schools, but adults are solitary or occur in pairs. They build bubble nests, and are the top predators in many freshwater lakes in the region. They feed on almost anything - smaller fish, frogs, baby turtles and even baby ducks. The snakehead is tolerant of anaerobic conditions because it is endowed with an air breathing apparatus. Their air breathing capabilities allow them to ‘walk’ on land from one body of water to another by lateral undulations of their body. The fish can live in waters having pH values of 4 to 9 and can survive the drought season in low oxygen content muddy waters. The snakeheads settle in the mud of drying bodies of water and continue to burrow deeper as the drying continues. Here the fish can survive without water for several months in a torbid state, subsisting on atmospheric oxygen and stored fat until the rain returns.
People obtain them, usually illegally to put in an aquarium. After they eat everything, they are released into local ponds, etc..
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Hey, A.
Thanks a lot! I’d been looking at the news for follow-ups about this, but the lack of reporting stank of conspiracy…Unless you’re in on it too…
James,
No conspiracy re:The Asian Snakehead. That’s what the fish is. I half expected the Utah Biologists who couldn’t make the identification to acknowledge my post on the WKMG’s website. Possibly the station never shared my information or possibly there is cynicism like your own.
Anyway, I stand by my identification. If you sens me an e-mail address, I’ll send you a picture of an almost perfect specimen.
A. Gurmankin
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