A man in Singapore is making headlines all over the world after they found remains of a fish that has the head of an alligator and the body of a fish.
The creature has left locals in Singapore baffled.
It was reported that the fish was discovered on the banks of the MacRitchie Reservoir, the oldest reservoir of Singapore.
Karen Lythgoe, who is from Scotland, was the one that saw the very unusual looking animal.
Talking about it, Karen said:
There were some people already looking at it from the boardwalk, but that was too far away to see what it was. We though it was a crocodile from that position, but it didn’t look quite right, so we went off the path to get a closer look. It wasn’t a crocodile. It was like something you might see in a zoo – it looked prehistoric with its big jaws and teeth. I was shocked and intrigued at how it came to be in the reservoir.
Imran Kassim, who is 27, thought it was another predatory reptile.
Talking about it, they said:
Honestly, it flat out looked like an alligator, especially because a portion of it’s body was gone – probably eaten by a happy monitor lizard. I was pretty shocked to see it as I thought it was an alligator, and that trail is supposed to be safe other than the cheeky monkeys stealing food, and there have never been huge animals there. It was pretty damn strange, but it looked enough like a lizard with its jaws wide open, that I would have never guessed it was a fish.
The thing is that it’s not prehistoric.
The Water Agency and National Parks Board of the country has announced that it is an alligator gar, a fish that is native to the Southern United States.
By the way, that’s 10,000 miles away from Singapore.
The authorities believe the fish was kept as a kept and was released once it had grown too large.
The Water Agency and National Parks Board released a statement about the incident, saying:
We would like to remind everyone that the release of these animals will disrupt our delicate aquatic ecosystem and may also pose a risk to users of our water bodies.
The carcass of the animal has been removed from the reservoir.