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The Takitaro is a type of giant fish measuring up to 3 meters (10 ft) long, which is found in Yamagata prefecture’s Lake Otoriike. Located nearly 1,000 meters above sea level, the remote mountain lake was created ages ago when an earthquake triggered a massive landslide that dammed up a mountain stream.

The Takitaro appears in a number of stories throughout the 20th-century. In 1917, for example, a pair of men are said to have captured a 1.5 meter (5 ft) long fish that was large enough to feed 20 floodgate construction workers for 4 days. In 1982, a group of mountain climbers above the lake observed a fish over 2 meters (6.5 ft) long in the clear water below. This sighting grabbed headlines nationwide.

Three years later, in 1985, a team of scientists went to the lake in search of the Takitaro. Sonar equipment revealed the presence of giant fish, and the scientists identified some smaller specimens as relatives of ancient salmon that likely became trapped in the lake when it was formed long ago. The true identity of the giant Takitaro, however, remains a mystery, but some believe it is a mutant descendant of these ancient fish.

[Ugly]

theres fish in the river where i live that measure 10 feet long and waigh 700 pounds.

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they must look something like this http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...html#post62776

[ThatsNasty]

These are pics i just searched bc sturgeon images and yea.... not even 20 mins from my house ive seen 3 1/2 foot baby sturgeons caught and released

[Pink.]

that's awesome! And I thought our 120 pound catfish in the Mississippi River were something!

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Originally Posted by ThatsNasty ↗

These are pics i just searched bc sturgeon images and yea.... not even 20 mins from my house ive seen 3 1/2 foot baby sturgeons caught and released

that's very cool I have this one pic on my HD of as Strange looking sturgeon that was washed up somewhere

[firedog25]

Originally Posted by PinkPanties ↗

that's awesome! And I thought our 120 pound catfish in the Mississippi River were something!

Those Blue Cats? I saw those big ol' things in the New Orleans Aquarium.

[ThatsNasty]

Originally Posted by parasyte ↗

that's very cool I have this one pic on my HD of as Strange looking sturgeon that was washed up somewhere

Awesome thanks! i think that is a diff species then the white sturgeon, i also think thats South america, look at the plants

[annmarie]

love the pic