ohhenrygsr Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 yea it's gross i hope i never see one in our waters or ever again Mutated fish alarms delegates at northern Alberta water gathering Days before a conference on water quality began in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., last week, residents say a strange fish with two mouths was found at the nearby lake. The deformed fish, which residents say children had caught off the dock at Lake Athabasca, has since been turned over to park wardens at Wood Buffalo National Park. Some residents, including officials from the Mikisew Cree First Nation, took photographs of the fish over the weekend. It was found just days before the Keepers of the Water conference began Friday in Fort Chipewyan. The conference wrapped up on Sunday. The event brought together western and northern Canadian aboriginal leaders and environmental activists, all of whom expressed concern with the quality of water in the Athabasca River, downstream from oilsands development in Fort McMurray. "It's already mutating the animals, the pollution that they're causing. We need to do something quickly," Shaylene Wiley, a 16-year-old Mikisew Cree delegate, told CBC News during the weekend gathering. "It's scary when you think about it," delegate Lionel Lepine added. "For me, personally, it does piss me off, you know, knowing that it's not under my control right now. It's the Government of Canada that has the control over it; they have monopoly over our land. But industry … somehow they got the licence to pollute." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 It looks decomposed... another hoax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Wow...that's one UGLY fish. Another source says it's a goldeye...... http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...OA7RvfSXK1_mfzA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 That doesn't even look like a fresh water fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 It looks decomposed... another hoax? Not a hoax....the news story he quoted is from the CBC.... http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08/18/chip-fish.html Here's what a healthy one looks like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Yeah, the Bigfoot story was on the national news too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 You're right CCMT. Poor thing.. Image the conditions that fish had to live in. Strange it lived to be that size. Guess it's less work with two yappers! HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Not a deformity, but an advantage... so that they may thrive and multiply!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Yeah, the Bigfoot story was on the national news too... LOL...true enough Glen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbac31 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 This kind of thing happens in nature all the time. Same as humans. Extra toe or missing a limb. It just happens. People get to worked up over stuff like this. There is no real proof that it was caused by pollution yet but they are quick to pass judgement on the Government etc before any conclusive evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtess Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) Doesn't look too abnormal to me, just like a rotten fish with part of its lower jaw torn up and hanging down, could be its tongue with the teeth on it. Sound like Bull to me... Burt Edited August 21, 2008 by Burtess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Can't really see the mouth(es) but it looks to me like it is something that was eaten tail first and patially digested then regurgitated....hmm pass the batter. Only way to confirm the mutation would be to analyze the DNA. The Oil Sands is a major polluter, even more so than regular oil operations. Interesting article here Oil Sands Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Doesn't look too abnormal to me, just like a rotten fish with part of its lower jaw torn up and hanging down, could be its tongue with the teeth on it. Sound like Bull to me... Burt Oh man!... this is just too weird!!! ... Burtess and GCD on the same side of the fence??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I think it's a hoax. It does look like a half digested fish and the tongue has dropped down through the thin membranes at the base of the gills . Even if it's not a hoax these freaks of nature are rare but we see them from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I always find it weird when these kinds of things come up and there is only a single picture to look at... If you came across a mutant fish or a bigfoot, or whatever that is obviously going to get people talking, wouldn't you take a few more pictures??? Different angles, or something. Give people a little more to go on. Happens all the time it seems. One pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdfast Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 By any chance would this have anything to do with Mr Dress ups Green platform. The CBC is Pro Liberal if you didnt know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Seems like too much of a coincidence that it was found on the eve of the conference... Still, if it is a hoax it was likely done to draw attention to the problem and their motives were probably good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 more chance of catching it with 2 mouths...no need for a stinger hook...lol....but seriously..if thats not a hoax its pretty disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyHerc Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Doesn't look too abnormal to me, just like a rotten fish with part of its lower jaw torn up and hanging down, could be its tongue with the teeth on it. Sound like Bull to me... Burt That was my first thought too. Almost all fish have a set of teeth of some sort on their tongue in the middle pf the mouth. This pic looks as if the softer skin in the middle of the lower jaw has separated or torn from the rest of the jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepps Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) I call Bull on this one. Its just like that trout from last year that they said had two mouths but it really just had a torn mouth (most likely from being ona a stringer) Edited August 21, 2008 by mepps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 LIKE I NEED ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modny Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 put it this way.. if there is one there are more. lets get a stringer of em and have a shore lunch BOO YAAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 MOTHER NATURE IS A CRUEL BEEATCH WITH A SICK SENSE OF HUMOUR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIMAL Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Looks to me like someone took the jaw off another fish and stuck it through the gills of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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