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Title: Britain Mourns Death of Giant Fish
Post by: djkimmel on August 09, 2009, 10:21:02 PM
The Brits love there carp!
And PETA is still full of morons...


Britain Mourns Death of Giant Fish

LONDON (Aug. 4) -- She was big. She was beautiful. And boy was she popular with the fishermen.

The death last week of Benson, the monster carp, has sent grief rippling through the British fishing community. Enthusiasts used to flock to Benson's home, the Bluebell Lakes in Cambridgeshire, for a shot at yanking the 64-pound behemoth out of the water. Her sheer size and picture-perfect looks won the hearts of the readers of Angler's Mail, who voted her Britain's favorite carp in 2005. Read more (http://news.aol.com/article/benson-the-giant-carp-dies/602665)