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SUPERSIZE SEA MONSTERS


Sea Monsters

Two Thai fishermen show off a 646-pound giant catfish they caught in the Mekong River in the Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand in mid-May 2005.
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At the time of this 2007 photo, Japanese scientists had captured what may be the first images of a live giant squid.
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A Cambodian fisherman holds a giant stingray fish on the Mekong River near the Cambodian/Vietnam border on Dec. 10, 2002.
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Two giant ''echizen'' jellyfish are seen swimming in the Sea of Japan five meters below the surface off the Town of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture.
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The 880-pound ocean sunfish, shown in this undated photo

returned to sea on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1998. Aquarium spokesman Ken Peterson said that the sunfish had outgrown its exhibit.
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Giant Pacific Octopus is considered very intelligent for an invertebrate.
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Antarctic explorers hold a giant Macroptychaster sea star (starfish).
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giant Japanese Spider crab is the world's largest marine crab

weigh up to 20 kgs.