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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Megafishes Project to Size Up Real "Loch Ness Monsters"


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Biologist Zeb Hogan holds a taimen, a giant member of the salmon family, while searching for megafishes in Asia.

Hogan is leader of the newly launched Megafishes Project, the first effort to document, study, and protect freshwater fish 6.5 feet (2 meters) or longer in length or more than 220 pounds (100 kilograms) in weight.

Photograph by Brant Allen