Curious 'monsters' caught by people in Vietnam
(Baonghean.vn) - In the past few days, people in Hien Son commune, Do Luong district (Nghe An) have flocked to see the "divine fish", causing a stir on social networks. But it is actually a common carp. Looking back, there have been many cases of catching "monsters" that have aroused the curiosity of many people.
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| In 2009, an angler went to Buoi market (Tay Ho, Hanoi) to buy shrimp for bait, and bought a bunch of shrimp shaped like... monsters. The monster shrimp-crab hybrid caused a stir because it looked like both a shrimp and a crab, and had a nose like a grasshopper's head. It was actually a North American spiny lobster that a freshwater company had been experimenting with breeding in Phu Tho. This type of shrimp lives underwater, but digs burrows and crawls ashore like a crab. |
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| In 2012, Mr. Tran Van Hanh (residing in Block 7, Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City) caught a strange fish with a round, long body, a very different head like a crocodile's head, with sharp teeth in the lake, causing everyone to talk about it. In fact, it was just a rocket fish, a freshwater fish originating from North America. |
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| In 2014, Nguyen Minh Vuong's fishing boat (in Dai Bac hamlet, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An) caught a fish weighing more than 500 kg, 2.8 m long, and 2.5 m wide including fins. This "monster"-looking fish was actually a rare ocean sunfish. |
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| In December 2014, a photo of a strange animal that looked like a monitor lizard and crocodile caught in Bac Giang also attracted the attention of many people. The “monster” weighed more than 18kg, and was rumored to be a giant monitor lizard, but some people also said it was a Komodo dragon. |
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| In 2015, a young man in Vinh Phuc caught a strange-looking animal that caused a stir online. Because they did not know what it was, some people thought it was a “monster” because it looked like the monster in the movie John Carter, even though it did not have fangs. |
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| In 2016, Hanoi residents were in an uproar over the appearance of scaleless carp, or carp with only a few scales, in West Lake. The fish had mottled, colorful bodies and looked very scary, and were called the strange “ghost” carp. But in fact, it was a hybrid of Vietnamese and Hungarian carp. Photo: An Ninh Thu Do. |
Refuting the information about strange fish, people use nets to catch it
(Baonghean.vn) - The strange fish that locals have been whispering about these past few days is actually a carp, dark brown in color, weighing 3.2 kg.
