Fish Discovered With Human Face Pattern

[Aggie87]

Fish with human faces aren't that uncommon...

[.:.impossible]

Fish Discovered With Human Face Pattern

http://www.local6.com/news/4112928/detail.html

Looks like a cat head to me.

Edited January 21, 2005 by .:.impossible

[JSngry]

Another one

Somebody get that guy some pennicillin, and PRONTO!!!!

[Randy Twizzle]

BY JOCELYN GECKER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Top hotels in several Asian capitals have stopped ordering sea bass and sole from waters off their tsunami-ravaged coastlines to ease diners' concerns about fish feasting on corpses.

Some have turned to suppliers in Australia, while others are buying fish from Indonesian islands off the Pacific Ocean that were untouched by disaster -- dealing another blow to fishermen whose livelihoods were shattered by the giant waves.

Health officials say fears of fish are unwarranted and insist there is no evidence of a risk posed by eating fish from the Indian Ocean, where at least 160,000 people died in Asia and Africa. But, in a region that suffered through bird flu and other recent food scares, several top eateries and their suppliers are unwilling to take chances.

Markus Schneider, a manager at Jakarta's Mandarin Oriental, said the hotel's first reaction to the Dec. 26 disaster was to collect donations for victims. Then, the focus turned to seafood dishes at the hotel's three restaurants.

"We went straight to our suppliers to make sure their supplies didn't come from Sumatra," he said. Many did, including the shrimp for an Italian risotto, the antipasti's calamari and the sea bass filets served over sauteed greens.

Tens of thousands died on Sumatra after the magnitude 9 temblor and tsunami that followed.

Some of the hotel's fish was already imported, but all orders that had come from Indonesia were switched to Australia. That increases costs by about 15 percent, a figure that doesn't worry hotels that cater to business travelers and tourists.

"We didn't want people to be concerned. There's nothing worse than a sick customer," said Schneider. The hotel's branch in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, has taken similar precautions, he said.

International health agencies, including the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization, say the fears are unfounded.

"The fish myth is making the rounds all over the place," said Harsaran Pandey, a WHO spokeswoman. "The fears are not scientifically based."

There is no evidence fish in tsunami-hit areas are feeding off corpses or that it would cause a health risk if they were, Pandey said.

And Pandey said there also is no evidence of higher mercury levels or other toxins in the Indian Ocean since the tsunami, noting that most of what washed away were villages and beachfront properties rather than industries.

[BERIGAN]

Fish Discovered With Human Face Pattern

http://www.local6.com/news/4112928/detail.html

Looks like a cat head to me.

I thought that as well, but I wasn't going to carp on it....

[Free For All]

Fish Discovered With Human Face Pattern

http://www.local6.com/news/4112928/detail.html

Looks like a cat head to me.

I thought that as well, but I wasn't going to carp on it....

Oh, go ahead. Just for the halibut. In front of cod and everyone.

[connoisseur series500]

Great fish pics, Alon and Free For All!

[catesta]

No doubt thinking about his next trip to the bathroom.

[sheldonm]

.....all this talking about fish has given me a splitting haddock!

Edited January 22, 2005 by sheldonm

[sidewinder]

Fish with human faces aren't that uncommon...

Hey, its Tony Blair !