'What in the heck was that?': Fisherman shocked to haul in long-nosed chimaera

[Ohiogal]

Yipes!!!

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A fisherman got quite the fright recently when he hauled in a strange creature with his catch.

Garry Goodyear, from the town of Templeman, N.L., on the north side of Bonavista Bay, was fishing for turbot on the Grand Banks last week.

He said the nets were down about 460 fathoms deep — more than 800 metres — and when the crew hauled them up later that afternoon, they all got a shock.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-garry-goodyear-weird-fish-1.5695082

[samplegirl]

1. That's the ugliest fish

I’ve ever seen.

[grumpyduck]

2. Well, like Schwartzenegger and Glover said to their respective Predators,

"Man, you're one ugly mother."

[UpInArms]

3. Rather sad ...

She said this fish likely died, as many do, while it was being hauled from the water.

"With the water pressure change, when a harvester is retrieving his or her gear, that often causes lots of deepwater animals to die on the way up to the surface of the ocean," Miri said.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Looks like some kind of sea woodpecker. nt

[Kitchari]

5. Venom in its spine, the article said

Even dead, it could have poisoned those people. Lucky that they didn't mishandle it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. So sad that is had to die.

And, personally, I think it is beautiful. Evolution is so wonderful. Too bad repugs have been left out of the evolutional cycle.