A giant species of fish that was first discovered seven years ago washed ashore in Oregon last week, according to marine biologists who study the animal. Beachgoers in Gearhart, a small town just south of the Washington border, found the 7.3-foot-long hoodwinker sunfish, also called a mola tecta, on June 3. The species was first […]
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Alligator’s head has an oddity experts have never seen before, Georgia researchers say
A 7-foot alligator caught in southeast Georgia has researchers looking for explanations after discovering it had a mysterious jaw appendage — with teeth. Alligators are prone to deformities due to their violent lifestyle, but this is something new, the University’s of Georgia’s Coastal Ecology Lab wrote in a Feb. 19 Facebook post. “We see a […]
Rare metallic yellow bass pulled from Florida lake, state says. What created oddity?
Strange things are often caught in Florida’s lakes, but even state biologists were fascinated when they found a bass that looked like it was made of gold. Largemouth bass usually come in shades of green and tend to look a little dingy. But this fish was all shiny and pretty, if not down right metallic-looking, […]