So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

A fish that has been reported to trigger LSD-like hallucinations when eaten has been discovered in UK waters.

The fish, Sarpa Salpa, is commonly caught off the coast of South Africa and in the Mediterranean but turned up in the nets of Cornish fisherman Andy Giles.



At first Giles spent several days trying to look-up the specimen on the Internet but failed and finally handed it over to experts for further examination.

James Wright, a senior biologist at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, said: "These are a fairly common fish off Tenerife, Malta and Cyprus but it is very rare to get them this far north. It could be a single fish that was shoaling with a different species but it could be that there are more of them in our waters."

However, Wright's opinion was considered biased by many readers and the following picture was taken several hours after the publication of the story:



Source: Guardian