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 Posted: 08/11/06 - 12:48 Post subject: some surprise sushi!
Fisherman lands octopus from Ohio River
12:51 PM EDT on Wednesday, August 9, 2006
CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- A 20-year-old Jeffersonville, Indiana man was trying to catch catfish in the Ohio River across from Louisville when he landed an octopus.
David Stepp made the catch Monday and showed it to Bill Putt, a park ranger at the Falls of the Ohio State Park.
PAUL McLEAN
This octopus was caught in the Ohio River
Putt snapped photos of the dead animal which measured six feet from the tip of one tentacle to the other. Putt deposited the octopus in a park freezer, saying a marine biologist might want to examine it.
The octopus is one of many weird discoveries at the falls, where park crews and visitors have found crocodiles and piranha-like tropical fish over the years. Putt says because they live in salt water, they don’t survive long in fresh water such as the Ohio River.
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 12:50 Post subject:
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akern
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 13:14 Post subject:
Somethings fishy...
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andydp
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 13:23 Post subject:
There's a couple of words you do not want associated with Sushi or any other uncooked fish for that matter:
Surprise and discount.
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MW
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 14:06 Post subject:
Calamari!!!!! Fry that baby up!
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RangerG
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 14:33 Post subject:
| MW wrote: | | Calamari!!!!! Fry that baby up! |
I hate food that tries to hang onto the plate.... 
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rolling rock
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 14:45 Post subject:
tentacles 
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Posted: 08/11/06 - 21:40 Post subject:
Oh deer! 
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Posted: 08/12/06 - 07:04 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | tentacles |
So your date with Dr. Octopus is off...huh?
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Posted: 08/12/06 - 10:19 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | There's a couple of words you do not want associated with Sushi or any other uncooked fish for that matter:
Surprise and discount. |
I was thinking "Ohio River"
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Posted: 08/12/06 - 10:37 Post subject:
| MW wrote: | | Calamari!!!!! Fry that baby up! |
I actually had baby squid sushi once, it was good.....
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Posted: 08/12/06 - 12:54 Post subject:
Tako! (octopus sushi)
the octopus was probably an aquarium releasee....
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Posted: 08/12/06 - 15:39 Post subject:
| TimRuns wrote: | Tako! (octopus sushi)
the octopus was probably an aquarium releasee.... |
I was thinking that too but at 6' long whoever had it must have had a helluvan aquarium.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 08/12/06 - 15:50 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | TimRuns wrote: | Tako! (octopus sushi)
the octopus was probably an aquarium releasee.... |
I was thinking that too but at 6' long whoever had it must have had a helluvan aquarium. |
Actually i wouldn't be surprised it if was a freight ship bilge tank stow-away.
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kristin31
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Posted: 08/13/06 - 00:16 Post subject:
That is bizarre. I'd expect to find that down here, but I couldn't see it living in freshwater. I don't think I'd be wrapping that particular octopus in seaweed and rice anytime soon!
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