A huge fish covered in ‘tattoos’ has been caught in the Philippines. Where you would expect plain scales, the fish has intricate blue designs of a crown and a shield, lettering and entwined plant leaves instead. The fishermen who caught it photographed it next to a regular fish to show the difference. Since the image was posted on local channel GMA News, it has sparked thousands of comments from people trying to work out what happened. One possibility is that it was genuinely tattooed and then thrown back in the sea by somebody.

The fish, caught by fishermen in the province of Lopez, Jaena, Misamis Occidental, has even been accused of having some kind of mystical connection, such as being the reincarnation of a god.

Others suggested: ‘There are many things in our world that we do not know about, especially under the sea. Remember, the sea is greater than land.’ Another (stretching it a bit) asked if they fish may have escaped from an underwater jail where marine biologists mark marine creatures with strange symbols.



Source: https://tsb.com.ng/2018/07/see-the-fish-covered-in-strange-tattoos-caught-in-the-philippines/

Wow

Poseidon and the lost continent of Atlantis comes to mind.


Nigerians will eat this regardless of the tattoos.

That fisherman just caught someones grandma #mermaid

Dis one na mammy or pappy water...

I trust my naija people,add pepper to that thing,sprinkle small vegetables and gbam the fish peppersoup is ready ...wrtin consign us with tattoo

some bloggers like to post ARRANT NONSENSE online..... and trust Naija people to come up with mami water or harry potter/juju nonsense. here is the real story:

However, 41-year-old fisherman Zosimo Tano who caught the fish, clarified on Monday the story behind the so-called “tattooed fish” after fellow fishermen told him it made in the news.

Tano said it was a 24-kilo blue marlin that he caught and it never had a tattoo.

He said the print on the fish's body came from his shirt, which he used to cover the fish.
“It has no tattoo I never thought that the print of what I used to cover would embed on the fish skin,” Tano told ABS-CBN News.

He also showed his shirt which exactly has the same print embedded on the blue marlin’s skin.

Tano sold the blue marlin, his only catch for the day, for P180 per kilo.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) explained that there was a chemical reaction between the fish's slimy skin and the print of the fabric.

“That chemical reaction should be subject for further studies,” said BFAR-IX Assistant Regional Director Engr. Joseph Florig.

here is below the shirt he used to cover the fish...

malificent:
Poseidon and the lost continent of Atlantis comes to mind.


Nigerians will eat this regardless of the tattoos.

Tattooed fishes taste better.