A local fisherman in Cambodia has captured a true river monster that scientists believe is the world’s largest freshwater fish. Moul Thun, 42, hooked a massive stingray that weighs 661 pounds and measures 13-feet-long, breaking the previous record of a catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005, which clocked in at 646 pounds. The stingray, nicknamed ‘Boramy’ or ‘full moon’ …
A fisherman has reeled a ‘weird’ and ‘dinosaur-like’ creature with large bulbous eyes completely out of proportion to its tiny body. Oscar Lundahl, 19, was trying to catch blue halibut when he found the unusual fish on the end of his line off the coast of Andoya in Norway. He had four hooks on one …
A woman certainly bagged the catch of the day when she reeled in a fish with two mouths on an outing on a lake in upstate New York. Debbie Geddes was fishing with her husband on Lake Champlain last week and landed the impressive haul. She eventually let the fish go, but not before taking …
A beachcomber discovered a rare giant squid on the shore of South Africa last week.Jam Press/@alipaulus You’ve got to be squidding. A beachcomber made the discovery of a lifetime after happening across an extremely rare giant squid on the shore of South Africa last week. She documented her one-of-a-kind find in a series of photos currently …
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A human-sized bat sounds terrifying and it’s a hundred percent real from one wingtip to another. And no, we’re not talking about Batman. The giant golden-crowned flying fox is a species native to the Philippines and has gone viral in a resurfaced post again. Twitter user @AlexJoestar622 posted an old image showing the large bat …
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One of the world’s largest known moths has been reported for the first time in the United States, and experts are now asking residents to report any other sightings of the insect. Entomologists in Washington state confirmed the discovery of an atlas moth in Bellevue, located west of Seattle, earlier this month. The Washington State …
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An adorable piglet squid has been spotted in its natural home deep in the Pacific Ocean by a team of passing researchers. The inquisitive animal was snapped on camera by the E/V Nautilus team exploring the Palmyra Atoll earlier this month. They spotted the creature at 4,500ft (1,385m) and paused to enjoy the moment with the …
The statue is believed to have been made in the likeness of Roman emperor Claudius.(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP) Archaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt. The artefacts were found in the temple of Dendera in Qena Province, 450 kilometres …
A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany, officials say. Bavaria’s state office for the preservation of historical monuments says the sword, which is believed to date back to the end of the 14th century BC — the middle of the Bronze …
A rare hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore at a Californian beach left scientists baffled when they could not identify it. An intern at the University of California had spotted the 2.1-metre fish at the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve. Researchers turned to social media for help to identify the creature through a series of photos …
