Two anglers caught a "monster" with no eyes, an eel-like body and many teeth from the water next to Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, and scientists helped identify its species.
The fish he and his friends caught didn't even bite, and the angler hooked it like a section of a tree trunk at the bottom of the water, easily dragging it to the surface. The "monster" is brown, has a small head, a long body, a mouth full of fangs, and dangerous serrations on its body, and anglers are on the verge of being cut when they take out their hooks. The fish is 15 cm long.
To figure out what kind of creature it was, local reporters sent photos of the "monster" to professional biologists.
Dr Michael Hummel of the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery in Australia said it was a bearded goby, a rare fish, mainly found in New Zealand.
This eyeless fish lives under the mud, almost never appears on the surface of the water, and although its teeth are sharp, it is almost aggressive and rarely actively attacks.
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Two Australians fish near Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, and out of the water a multi-toothed ugly monster with no eyes and a body as long as an eel, like the creepy monster in the movie Alien. According to ABC, scientists helped confirm what it was.
The "monster" is brown, with a long head and small head, sharp teeth on its mouth, and a dangerously serrated body that fishermen almost sawed off when they pulled a hook from the "monster's" back. The body length of the fish is 15 cm. It was motionless and seemed to be asleep.
The fishermen admit that if there are too many such terrible fish, they will be scared to death.
Local biologists helped figure out what this creature was. They say we are presented with a rare species of fish, the bearded goby, which lives in New Zealand. Despite their sharp teeth, these creatures are virtually harmless and rarely actively attack.