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Mongolian legend tells of a giant taimen trapped in river ice. Starving herders were able to survive the winter by hacking off pieces of its flesh. In the spring, the ice melted and the giant taimen climbed onto the land, tracked down the herders, and ate them all. According to Chinese folklore, a type of giant taimen lives in Kanas Lake in ...
The Sakhalin taimen (Parahucho perryi, syn. Hucho perryi), also known as the Japanese huchen or stringfish (Japanese: 伊富/イトウ, romanized: itō), is a large species of salmonid freshwater fish in Northeast Asia, found in the lakes and large rivers of Primorsky, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Islands of Far Eastern Russia, as well as Hokkaido of Japan.
Hucho is a genus of large piscivorous salmonid fish known as taimens (from Finnish taimen, 'trout', through Russian: тайме́нь, romanized: taĭménʹ), and is closely related to Pacific trout and lenoks (all belonging to the same tribe in the subfamily Salmoninae).
An illustration of the Sichuan Taimen (Hucho bleekeri) The Sichuan taimen typically has a dark black, dorsal, and adipose fin; a silvery white underside; and small, irregular dark spots across the body, head, and gill cover. [4] [5] Their coloring can range from a darker orange/red, to a lighter tan/yellow depending on stage of life. [3]
In an age where social media platforms are often flooded with fleeting trends, one TikTok video shows a timeless bond between a dog and a baby. The clip features Daphne, a large and gentle Great ...
Frequency of observation has increased in the 21st century, with the development of mass tourism. A video was taken and shown in the local Chinese media where numerous unidentifiable creatures can be seen. [5] According to CCTV-10, the creatures living in the lake are speculated by Chinese scholars to be giant Hucho taimen. [6]
Unlike a goldfish in is fish bowl, the ones found in the wild are free to eat as much and anytime they want. Gabriel said in massive bodies of water like Lake Erie this means an endless supply of ...
This is the incredible moment divers encountered a huge earthquake-heralding oarfish with holes in its body off the coast of Taiwan. The rare sea creature with shimmering silver scales was spotted ...