A goldfish as big as a dog

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Posted in Images on September 22nd, 2010 by Demon | Report This Post |

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news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_sp3575

Fisherman Raphael Biagini reeled in what is believed to be a 30-pound koi carp in France, where the fish are quite popular. The fish, a vivid orange, looks a great deal like a giant goldfish. The photo is several months old, but it’s buzzing right now, thanks to an article from the U.K.’s Daily Mail.

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14 Responses to A goldfish as big as a dog

natedog (UID# 1905) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 9:18 am

looks fake

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chenoan (UID# 14265) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 9:56 am

h..holy shit.

Is it real?
I feel so conflicted.

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tggeko (UID# 2562) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 10:01 am

Perhaps it’s a prop.

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korinthian (UID# 3174) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 10:48 am

Yeah, like it says in the article: he’s not holding it as if it’s that heavy.

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twitch (UID# 17015) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 11:55 am

a wild magikarp appears

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- fr34k (UID# 17715) 0 0
  September 22, 2010 at 3:29 pm
  
  Wild magikarp uses splash.
  
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pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 12:18 pm

There’s no reflection.

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- korinthian (UID# 3174) 0 0
  September 22, 2010 at 2:50 pm
  
  Is too. Look by the tail fin.
  
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  - pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0 0
    September 22, 2010 at 4:51 pm
    
    Oh, so the rest of the reflection is invisible, eh.
    
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reavermma (UID# 23648) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 12:40 pm

I have a koi pond and they get pretty big, but nowhere near that big.

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mikoyangurevich15 (UID# 4228) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 1:57 pm

Well.You`re not gonna flush that when it croaks,are you?

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rsixidor (UID# 950) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 4:26 pm

Koi can most certainly get this big, depending on how well the stock was culled. For most serious koi owners, this is not even a remarkable specimen. The size is certainly nice, but ogon (single color)are not highly sought after, and this one is rather splotchy.

And it is not a goldfish, damn it. Both are carp, but they are remarkably different fish. At least the article got it right.

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- tggeko (UID# 2562) 0 0
  September 22, 2010 at 6:07 pm
  
  What, are you saying koi get to be the size of pick up trucks?
  
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demon (UID# 2630) 0 0
September 22, 2010 at 6:32 pm

I`ve picked up my baseball sized goldies in my bare hands, and something just doesn`t add up the way he`s holding that fish. Looks COMPLETELY fake to me, however the complete article didn`t seem to think so. It also stated the largest koi on record weighed NINETY FUCKING POUNDS.
However, if this was simply a huge goldfish pillow, I would want one.

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