Eleven-foot 'giant herring' found off Sweden [View All]

Whoa.. not seen since 1879... who knew those things ever got that big... I think herring, and I think pickled tiny fish in the refrigerator.. :wow:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100512/sc_afp/swedenanimalfishoffbeat

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – A "giant herring" measuring 3.5 metres (11.4 feet) has been discovered off Sweden's western coast -- the first such fish found in the Scandinavian country in more than 130 years, a maritime museum said Tuesday.

The Regalecus glesne, known as the King of Herrings or Giant Oarfish, was found dead in the small fishing village of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the Norwegian border.

"Down at the water, there was something big floating. At first we thought it was a big piece of plastic. But then we saw an eye. I went down to check and saw that it was this extremely strange fish," Kurt Ove Eriksson, the passer-by who found the specimen, told daily Svenska Dagbladet.