5,000-pound Devil Fish Is Caught (Apr, 1934)
Filed under: Other Animals — @ 12:01 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1934
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Tags: giant sized
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1934
| Buy on Ebay
Tags: giant sized
Damn, that’s a big Manta.
5,000-pound Devil Fish Is Caught
A GIANT Manta Devil Fish became entangled in the anchor and anchor rope of Captain A. L. Kahn’s fishing boat while he was angling just off the shore of New Jersey, almost capsizing the heavy boat.
A Coast Guard vessel came to the rescue, and killed the 5,000-pound monster Manta Birostris with 22 shots from a high-powered rifle. The sail-like fish has been mounted and placed on exhibition by Captain Kahn.
An 18-inch baby Manta was born shortly after the mother fish was dragged ashore.These huge ray fish are seldom seen, since they live in the deepest parts of the sea.
The Flying Sub is prepared for launch!
Comment by Neil Russell — December 25, 2007 @ 10:15 am
Crikey!
(Too soon?)
Comment by jayessell — December 25, 2007 @ 11:32 am
Manta rays are filter feeders and primarily planktivores. They often slowly swim in vertical loops. Some researchers suggest this is done to keep the rays prey within the area while feeding. Their large, gaping mouths and cephalic lobes unfurled are used to corral planktonic crustaceans and small schooling fish. This species does not have a barbed tail so it cannot impale Australians who pester them.
Also, they are not bottom dwelling, rarely venturing below 120m.
Comment by Stannous — December 25, 2007 @ 1:00 pm
“Their large, gaping mouths and cephalic lobes unfurled are used to corral planktonic crustaceans and small schooling fish”
Sounds like me at a seafood buffet
Comment by Neil Russell — December 25, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
They killed the Black Manta! The Legion of Doom will not be pleased!
Comment by Thundercat — December 26, 2007 @ 12:32 pm
April 1st by any chance?
Comment by Lost Soul — December 26, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
According to wikipedia the Manta ray can be up to 5,000 lbs and 25 feet across. So it is quite possible that it’s real.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manta_ray
Comment by Charlie — December 26, 2007 @ 12:51 pm
reminds me of princess mononoke, killing gods.
Comment by josh — December 26, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
my god ..what creatures you have created to get tangled on up in our lines? fathoms deep and unknown, poetic and profound.
I love it.
beautiful work!
Comment by diogenesus — December 26, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
oh man, Stannous, that’s close to great!
Comment by diogenesus — December 26, 2007 @ 9:04 pm
you know what? I think I’ve seen this photo before, only what here on this site is but part of the entire original..
just oustside of your image is a lil’ sprout ( looks a little like Opie from Ron Howard’s youth) holding the baby of the baby of the mother caught.
Tripple Action!
Bam!
Comment by diogenesus — December 26, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
I’ll still bet a beer that it’s a fake. Either that or it’s the most rigid beast ever pulled from the sea.
Comment by Lost Soul — December 27, 2007 @ 9:46 am
lol, yea… theres no such thing as rigor mortis. That’s a lie old women tell their grandchildren…
*****
I’ll still bet a beer that it’s a fake. Either that or it’s the most rigid beast ever pulled from the sea.
Comment by Lost Soul — December 27, 2007 @ 9:46 am
Comment by Steve — December 27, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
Hell…I’ll take that them beer boy, I once caught a catfish bigger than that there “Devil Fish!”
How can you say it’s a fake!
Get a Brain!
Moran!!
Comment by Roscoe D. White — December 27, 2007 @ 8:51 pm
What a shame.
This great fish should have been alive.
I wonder why this men in the picture do not respect a great fish like this. I mean they could just leave it alive to earn some extra money with tourists or aquarium visitors.
Comment by Jessica Short — December 27, 2007 @ 10:22 pm
i agree with jessica.
::exhuman::
..you find something rare..and you kill it.
good job America!
Comment by ana — December 28, 2007 @ 3:13 am
Read the article, it was going to capsize the boat. America is fucked up right now, but you can’t blame us for everything. Get a life. I’m sure whatever country you’re from has committed some heinous shit in the past as well.
Comment by bill — December 28, 2007 @ 5:12 am
Wow, this fish is really great
Comment by Anglictina — December 28, 2007 @ 5:48 am
Kahn!!!!! Kahn!!!!!
Comment by Sporkinum — December 28, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
looks like this happened in the 1920s or ’30s.
look at the clothing and crane.
Comment by ex — December 29, 2007 @ 8:35 pm
ex: Using my keen powers of deduction, given the clothing and crane, and the date of the magazine above the picture, I’d guess it was from 1934.
Comment by Charlie — December 30, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
just for the guy who was talking about wikipedia….
wikipedia can have fake facts
because people can post up stuff and it doesnt have to be true
soooo….
salty
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Comment by daniel — May 28, 2008 @ 8:49 am
WOOOOOOOOOOH
Comment by Madison — May 13, 2009 @ 8:58 pm
bloody hell mess with his boat and you face the wrath of kahn!! I bet that fish wishes it didn’t Klingon to the anchor!!!!!!!!!!sorry I really am drunk
Comment by Kai — May 19, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Wooow. This is incredible! I always knew there are fish that is very big.
Comment by James — September 16, 2009 @ 8:12 am