Comments on: Mystery Fish Postcard Solved? Megamouth?

By: Fang

Fang — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:15:40 +0000

it looks like an earlier version of the megamouth shark before it grew fins.

By: scotsman

scotsman — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:54:46 +0000

I would say that the megamouth is a possible match but even with slight decomposition seems unlikely. The skin on this animal is more like a fur coating than anything else, which leads me to believe that it is possibly a seal? At least a sea lion with some decomposition, plus the reason for the head sitting so unfirmly upon the rest of the body is that if you look closely you can clearly see that the throat of this animal has been cut. Therefore I believe that it is not a fish at all but in fact a mammal which has been slightly mutilated and decomposed. What do you guys think?

By: GizaSphinx

GizaSphinx — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:20:19 +0000

Although if it IS a real animal, that is most certainly what it is. I don’t believe it is. I see no clear connection between the head and the body, leaving me to believe its the head of one animal, layed upon the body of another. Nothing more than a joke they played to make people think they found some wierd creature.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:21:19 +0000

Thanks Mystery Man, I was just curious if we were noticing the same thing.

I don’t see this as a top view, unless it’s a pasted composite of head and body. As far as I can tell the head is being seen from an angle consistent with it laying more or less on its side. The head looks very snake-like to me. The body I can’t really tell.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:04:41 +0000

I’m starting to think that this very well could be a top down view of the thing. I’ve gone back and forth on the perspective thing with this picture. One thing I do think for certain is that in my opinion this is not a megamouth shark!

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:02:25 +0000

It could also be an optical illusion and I’m just seeing things from staring at this blasted picture too long!

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:01:19 +0000

Ceroill- Yeah. I could be wrong of course, but to me it looks ike this thing was cut open and gutted which leads me to believe that is the bottom of the creature in question.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:55:30 +0000

I’m still puzzled by the right angle that shows just behind what might be the mouth or whatever line. There is a dead straight vertical line that meets a shorter dead straight horizontal line. That alone has me thinking this is likely an old cut and paste retouching job. Mystery Man is that what you meant by the cut made to clean it?

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:29:26 +0000

If it is even a fish, I should add!

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:29:00 +0000

That being said, I do agree that a streak of blood makes the mouth appear longer but this still does not prove the perspective of the fish to me.