tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post2843862123458325625..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: RICHARD FREEMAN: BIG FISH ROUNDUPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-85734412951340472522010-07-17T10:59:10.375+01:002010-07-17T10:59:10.375+01:00The problem is that the wels does NOT reach 16 fee...The problem is that the wels does NOT reach 16 feet. This are only old big-fish-stories, nothing more. The largest ones with confirmed data (i.e. photos and / or conserved bodies) were only around 3 m, and they were extreme exceptions. And the english waters are a very bad place for Silurus glanis to grow big, because the climate is too cold. For this reason the british record is far below the records of countries with lesser cold climates. The two photos on the left side for example show specimens from the Po delta, and the one of the left is from a lake at Greece (actually this was one of the largest ones ever recorded). The chance that anywhere in GB a wels would reach monster size is zero. <br />The actual size of the chinese paddlefish is also quite dubious. The often quoted 7 m are most probably wrong, and come only from a single old source, which is not very reliable. This species can undoubtly reach huge sizes, perhaps more than 4,5 m, but there are no confirmed records of really bigger fish. As usual the weights given for alleged monster-sized specimens well bigger than everything confirmed doesn´t work with realistic proportions for the chinese paddlefish as well as for the wels. The claim of 23 feet for the giant freshwater stingray is also very questionable - it´s a huge species, but the actual record sizes are probably much lesser.Markus Bühlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516990754952015532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-41533227786894767522009-07-17T18:29:05.498+01:002009-07-17T18:29:05.498+01:00SYD WRITES: Hi guys,
On Wednesday, Richard wrote a...SYD WRITES: Hi guys,<br />On Wednesday, Richard wrote about some large fish, so how about this one caught by an 11 year old British girl.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5834754/Schoolgirl-nets-9ft-monster-fish.html<br /><br />Syd.Jon Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467805661081755044noreply@blogger.com