Fish with a Human Face.
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The owner of this Korean fish started to notice that its face have begun to look more and more human over the last couple of years. (via Underwater Times) |
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3 comments to "Fish with a Human Face."
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overoften
February 27th, 2006 at
5:49 pm
Koi carp with this sort of ‘face’ made up of colouring and shadows on their snout are known as “jinmengyo” in Japan. (”Jin”=person, “men”=face, “gyo”=fish)
I’ve found that it’s often the golden ones with black shading that have a face like this. -
Alex
February 27th, 2006 at
8:04 pm
I suppose it was selective breeding that brought upon this trait in Koi.
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Suzanne
March 1st, 2006 at
7:05 pm
Fascinating.
However, I just can’t believe that’s not a photoshop job. It just reminds me too much of the fish scene in Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life”:
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