Fish with a Human Face.

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Pictures on Feb 27, 2006 at 3:12 pm

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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  1. overoften
    Feb 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.

  2. Alex
    Feb 27th, 2006 at 8:04 pm

    I suppose it was selective breeding that brought upon this trait in Koi.

  3. Suzanne
    Mar 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”:

    http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/life/int-fish.jpg


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