Water monsters. The biggest fish.

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In the depths of the sea hiding many interesting inhabitants of the most bizarre forms and sometimes incredible sizes. Scientific confirmed information about the dimensions and characteristics of the life cycle of many marine species is incomplete and fragmentary, it is no accident that it is believed that humanity more is known about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the oceans and some rare, and sometimes not at all well-known inhabitants of the water expanses.

Atlantic Blue marlin (blue marlin)

Distributed in the Atlantic, particularly in its western part. The largest instance of the type with a body length of 5 meters reached 818 kg weight. Spear, reaching 20% of the size of the fish blue marlin uses in the process of hunting for school fish - crashing into the pack, he hurts or stun their prey, and then quietly returned to eat them. Due to the large size, unusual appearance and tasty, fatty meat, marlin is a coveted trophy for fishermen.

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Tiger shark

One of the most common and numerous sharks in the world - a tiger shark. The maximum length of the form of 6.32 meters, and weight - 1524 kg. The tiger shark quite voracious species, attacking almost all marine inhabitants, which is less than its size, and also frequent cases of cannibalism. Often in search of prey swims in shallow water, where it can be dangerous to humans - as of 169 attacks were recorded in 2011, 29 of which resulted in death. There are officially documented cases of attacks on the loose tiger sharks whales disease. Despite strong catch for their meat, fins, liver and the threat of extinction of species is not present.

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Greenland Shark (Atlantic polar shark)

Greenland Shark inhabits the cold waters of the North Atlantic, and is one of the most cold-loving species. The maximum dimensions of the form - 7.3 m and a weight of more than 1.5 tons. The average performance is much more modest - up to 4.8 meters long and weight up to 400 kg. They feed mainly on fish, can attack seals, do not disdain carrion. Low ambient temperature and thus slow metabolism leads to the fact that the age of the Greenland Shark can be rolled over for 100 years. In connection with living in such cold waters of the cases of attacks on humans are not described. Greenland Shark meat is edible only after long-term treatment, raw meat is poisonous because of the significant amount of urea and trimetilaminoksida.

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Huso

The representative of the family of sturgeon - beluga. Before the start of the active catch this species was fairly common resident of the Azov, the Adriatic, the Caspian and the Black Sea. Weight beluga may reach up to 1.5 tons, and the length of the body, according to unconfirmed reports, may be 9 meters allowing it to classify the largest freshwater fish. Life expectancy can be up to 100 years. The freshwater river beluga swims during the spawning season, and then again returns to the sea. The eggs of this fish is highly valued, and therefore views and was on the verge of extinction.

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Great White Shark

This endangered view of cartilaginous fish can weigh 1.9 tons and reaches a length of the body more than 6 meters. White shark can be seen from the coast of Australia, Cuba, Brazil, South Africa, New Zealand and California. They hunt mainly on marine mammals. Although relatively few species, namely white sharks charged in most attacks on humans - to collect statistics for the period of time from 1990 to 2011, it states that during this period were made 139 attacks on humans, 29 of which have been fatal.

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Luna-fish (fish-sun)

Sunfish inhabit the waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Record representative species fished weighed 2235kg and reaches a length of 4.26 meters. Unusual as a form of body-moon fish, and its behavior in the wild. disc-shaped body shape, tail fin is missing, in its place is a skin crease. Fish can be a long time to lie on its side near the water's surface. Kind is very slow and clumsy, not dangerous to humans.

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Giant sea devil (manta)

View is found in sub-tropical, tropical and partly temperate waters of all the Earth's oceans. As the largest of the rays, manta rays can reach 7 meters in width and weigh up to 2.5 tons. The dangers to humans, despite the impressive size, is not, as the structural features of the mouthparts make it suitable only for catching plankton and small fish. Manta - viviparous species, embryonic development lasts about a year, at a time the female gives birth to one, much less two cubs.

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Big shark

The average body length of about 9 meters (15 meters can reach according to unconfirmed reports the largest animals) and weight - more than 9 tons. It is found in the temperate latitudes of all the world's oceans. In contrast to the whale shark this type is unable to actively suck in water, so it simply opens wide mouth and swims through the accumulation of plankton. The productivity of this fishing method is impressive - shark 1 hour able to filter about 2,000 tons of water. Despite the huge size and impressive jaws basking shark does not pose any threat to humans, unless bold diver can damage the hand of the scales, trying to pat the giant.

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Whale shark

Record officially confirm the size of this kind of impressive - the length of 20 meters and weight of more than 34 tons. There are whale sharks mostly in tropical and subtropical zones of the seas and oceans, but most often they overlook the coast of Cuba, the Philippines, Australia and Southern California.

The biggest fish is not absolutely no danger for humans or for more or less large marine inhabitants - by divers, for example, the shark does not react at all, allowing the most daring of them to touch themselves or even a ride on his back. At the same time, the whale shark - it's one of the least studied species of sharks, aided by a relatively not numerous population (according to some sources, the account is only for thousands of individuals) and huge sizes, which significantly complicates the capture, maintenance and transportation to the research institution.

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Kaluga

Suffice largest freshwater sturgeon family representative - Kaluga. The adult can reach up to 6 meters in length and weigh up to 1 ton. In nature, found in the rivers of Siberia, for example, in the Amur basin. For a long time due to uncontrolled fishing (mainly for caviar) species is on the brink of extinction and has been listed in the International Red Book. After the ban on catching kaluga its population began to increase gradually.

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