One of the men said that it was the most delicious dish he had ever eaten.

February 13, 2007 7:02 PM

Russian fisherman catch squeaking alien and eat it. Footage of the 100kg monster was also caught on camera phone (possibly nsfw page).
posted by premiumpolar (46 comments total)

Why does the "Russian" camera phone vid have middle eastern music in the background?
posted by delmoi at 7:06 PM on February 13, 2007

e.t.= extra tasty.
posted by Dizzy at 7:09 PM on February 13, 2007 [1 favorite]

Fark.ru, truly the best of the web.
posted by phaedon at 7:10 PM on February 13, 2007

Sturgeon are very ugly and very delicious, though endangered in many parts of the world.

The bottoms of animals are usually uglier than the top side, and that is the bottom of an ugly sturgeon.

If they'd flipped it over, there'd be no story.
posted by conch soup at 7:12 PM on February 13, 2007

Why doesn't the camera phone link have a motherfucking nsfw warning?

Excuse me, I have to clean out my desk now.
posted by mullingitover at 7:13 PM on February 13, 2007 [1 favorite]

Guitarfish.
posted by ColdChef at 7:14 PM on February 13, 2007

There are plenty of NSFW images all over the second link.
posted by chimaera at 7:14 PM on February 13, 2007

Sorry, mullingitover, when I viewed that link earlier today I remember it being boob-free. Damn.
posted by premiumpolar at 7:16 PM on February 13, 2007

whoa! that thing looks just like an alien.
posted by mcsweetie at 7:18 PM on February 13, 2007

Thanks, ColdChef. That link pretty much clears the whole thing up.
posted by maryh at 7:21 PM on February 13, 2007

See? Just like I said. A guitar fish.
...
posted by conch soup at 7:22 PM on February 13, 2007

Yeah, thanks ColdChef. That was quick!
posted by premiumpolar at 7:22 PM on February 13, 2007

Well, good. So Science! may still be able to enjoy his dream of being the first man to kill and eat a martian.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:27 PM on February 13, 2007

Sorry, conch soup, but pix trump descriptive prose every time!
posted by maryh at 7:29 PM on February 13, 2007

Sturgeon are very ugly and very delicious

I see your sturgeon, and raise you one goblin shark.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:32 PM on February 13, 2007

Damn, son; how did you find that so quickly?

The google-fu is strong is this one.
posted by yhbc at 7:33 PM on February 13, 2007

*barf* *burp* . . . scuse me.
posted by nola at 7:46 PM on February 13, 2007

eaten by (apparently) starving, or at east way hungry, townspeople.

"East way hungry?"

Freudinternetian slip! Awesome.
posted by Kronoss at 7:48 PM on February 13, 2007

west of the beb.
posted by quarter waters and a bag of chips at 7:55 PM on February 13, 2007

Ugh, uncanny hengeman. You're making me hate the ocean. Where are the panda fish? The kitten squid? The moist-eyed and ingratiatingly cuddly laptopusses?
posted by maryh at 7:57 PM on February 13, 2007 [4 favorites]

That is as authentically alien as these critters on the same silly Fark page.

Dang that gobllin shark is ugggly.

Way to go ColdChef. You da Google fu man.
posted by nickyskye at 8:01 PM on February 13, 2007

maryh---
almost impossible to catch a laptopuss as all my dollar bills get wet and soggy.
posted by Dizzy at 8:03 PM on February 13, 2007 [1 favorite]

skate?
posted by c:\awesome at 8:04 PM on February 13, 2007

Well, it was their cookbook, you know.
posted by gimonca at 8:06 PM on February 13, 2007

A classic Fiji Mermaid hoax! People have been turning skates, rays and other fish into icky, dried things for a really long time. A good image search reveals dozens of specimens.

P.T. Barnum nailed it decades ago - amazing that it still works!
posted by aladfar at 8:16 PM on February 13, 2007

Also: The phenomenon by which we see a face in the underside of a fish (and the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese) was explained quite well in todays New York Times.
posted by aladfar at 8:20 PM on February 13, 2007

Jesus, what is with the guitar fish's freakishly human mouth?
posted by KingoftheWhales at 8:26 PM on February 13, 2007

Great link aladfar. Little known fact about me: I've never been able to make out the "man on the moon".
posted by premiumpolar at 8:26 PM on February 13, 2007

And here I was thinking it was a giant, tasty Sea Monkey(TM).
posted by IronLizard at 8:26 PM on February 13, 2007 [1 favorite]

Alien fish, boobs, and naked Daniel Radcliffe. I cannot handle that page on many levels.
posted by lunalaguna at 8:28 PM on February 13, 2007

That video won't play for me. Any mirrors?
posted by zardoz at 8:36 PM on February 13, 2007

I normally don't like ads, but...
posted by porpoise at 8:36 PM on February 13, 2007

Mod note: added nsfw note
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:44 PM on February 13, 2007

Yes, there are some pert boobies at that link. Maybe a NSFW is called for?
posted by maryh at 8:45 PM on February 13, 2007

aladfar: I'm surprised the NY Times article (in particular the photo sequence featuring Bill Clinton's face, where they point out that it's generally harder to recognize faces when they are upside down) didn't comment on this phenomena, in which features that are upside down appear to be normal faces.

I first remember seeing this done with Lincoln's face, but I couldn't quickly find an example.
posted by yhbc at 8:46 PM on February 13, 2007

Okay, I found an example.
posted by yhbc at 8:48 PM on February 13, 2007

Guitarfish are cool, they have a bunch of meat in the tail and give a good pull when you catch them.It does say 100 kg and that is either a fish story or a skate as guitarfish are not that big. I cannot remember them squeaking but there is much I do not remember.
posted by Iron Rat at 8:53 PM on February 13, 2007

I have been waiting for an appropriate time to link to my favorite sturgeon-related cartoon. Featuring the late Turkmenbashi!

More Central Asia cartoons from Ted Rail.
posted by blindcarboncopy at 9:34 PM on February 13, 2007

Ted RALL. He's an angry guy, don't eff with his name.
posted by maryh at 10:19 PM on February 13, 2007

Thanks, jessamyn. And again, apologies all around to anyone who may have lost their employment due to the rack photos.
posted by premiumpolar at 12:05 AM on February 14, 2007

> People have been turning skates, rays and other fish into icky, dried things for a really long time.

Called Jenny Hanivers
posted by jfuller at 12:39 AM on February 14, 2007

waste not, want not...
posted by cardamine at 3:32 AM on February 14, 2007

This thread is nothing without IMG tags. (SFW)
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:36 AM on February 14, 2007

I would like to see the Красивые мусульманские женщины, but sadly firefox can't find/install the missing plugin.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:09 AM on February 14, 2007

And again, apologies all around to anyone who may have lost their employment due to the rack photos.

How about an apology to linking to Fark.ru while you are at it? Just out of principle. Think about how well a FPP linking to Metafilter.cc would go over.
posted by Big_B at 8:20 AM on February 14, 2007

That's no fish, it's a MERMAID.
posted by davy at 8:56 AM on February 14, 2007