Two Mouthed Trout

Clarence Oldberding caught this odd rainbow trout with two mouths while fishing in Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska. The fish weighed about a pound and the lower jaw seemed to be non-functional.

If this ever became a standard feature on trout it could cause all sorts of interesting situations. Two anglers fighting over who caught the same fish, Catching trout on a dropper with both the dry fly and the nymph. The list goes on...

As for Clarence: He has plans for the fish, which don't included mounting. "I'm going to smoke it up and eat it," he said. (link via Boingboing)

Coming to a Drive-In near you...

They failed to heed the warning of the "two mouthed trout."

They scoffed at the notion of a "two mouthed seabass."

Now the piscatorial horror of the "Siamese Pike" is going to make them pay!

May God have mercy on their souls!

Tip of the link hat to "Moldy Chum"

Women of Child Bearing Years Rejoice

It is official, the famed two mouthed trout that was caught in Nebraska back in December got that way as the result of an injury rather than as the result of genetic mutation. I am sure this is a great relief to all those who enjoy an occasional meal of corn husker trout from Holmes Lake near Lincoln.

"A muscle in the trout's mouth was severed in the past, causing thin membranes between the lower jaw bone and the floor of the mouth to split, the researcher said."

Here is a link to the article that tells the story at Fortwayne.com

I really feel like there has to be a t-shirt slogan somewhere in this story.

**Update Twin Mouthed Trout Heads To Harvard

Here is an update to the story from earlier this week about a fish with two mouths that was recently caught in Lincoln, Nebraska. It seems the old boy won't be entirely eaten after all. Instead he (well his severed head) has been accepted into Harvard. The ivy league university is going to study the fish in an effort to determine if the second jaw is the result of an injury or a genetic deformity. After being studied the now famous salmonid will go on display at the prestigious center of learning. The body, which remains in Nebraska with the angler who caught it, will still be smoked and eaten.