"What's Up with This 'Half-Fish, Half-Bird' in China?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2018 10:29 p.m. PST |
"When fishers recently hauled up their catch from a river in the province of Guizhou in southern China, they weren't expecting to come face-to-face with a fish that had a bird's head. At least that's how people have been describing this unusual creature since a video of the catch went viral online, showing the strange fish gasping for air as onlookers exclaimed. China's Guizhou Urban Newspaper, which broke the news, identified the fish as the common freshwater carp (Cyprinus carpio). But that hasn't stopped people from speculating that the creature could even be some kind of half-fish, half-bird — with its beak-like mouth and the small fins on its sides giving the appearance of wings. To put these wild conjectures to rest, however, experts have come up with a more likely explanation: The fish's unusually bulbous noggin, which sort of resembles that of a dolphin or a bird, was probably caused by a developmental problem early in its life…"
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 ochoin  | 20 Sep 2018 3:32 a.m. PST |
It would make it a lot easier at the wedding reception when you're asked, "Chicken or the fish?" |
| Max Schnell | 20 Sep 2018 5:30 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4  | 20 Sep 2018 6:17 a.m. PST |
I usually take both !!! At least !  |
| coopman | 20 Sep 2018 9:28 a.m. PST |
That's what is commonly known as a bish. |
| Tango01 | 20 Sep 2018 11:49 a.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha….!
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| charared | 20 Sep 2018 6:14 p.m. PST |
Aka "Happy Family" (it's way down on the menu… Just don't ask for "duck sauce" with it…) |
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