CODZILLA How monster ‘Godzilla’ wolffish of Fukushima five times bigger than normal emerged after Japanese nuclear disaster via The Sun

Japanese fishermen tell tales of massive ‘mutant’ beasts which have been spotted in the years since the shocking tragedy

By Jon Lockett

MONSTER fish with jaws big enough to swallow a child have been found lurking in the waters up the coast from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site.

Fishermen tell tales of massive ‘mutant’ beasts which have been spotted since the toxic tragedy which rocked Japan eight years ago.

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Because of the sheer size of the catch many locals believe the sea beast could be a result of fallout from the disaster but scientists say it could just be very old.

Because of the sheer size of the catch many locals believe the sea beast could be a result of fallout from the disaster but scientists say it could just be very old.

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And they say their theories are backed up by the fact giant catfish were discovered near the site of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

At that disaster site, the fish had grown to a record size even though divers who entered the toxic waters after the disaster suffered lethal radiation sickness and had to be buried in lead coffins.

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“Very, very few mutations lead to extra-large size,” said University of South Carolina radiation specialist Dr Timothy Mousseau.

“(Instead), they grow less efficiently, they’re less capable of catching food and they tend to not live as long.

“If you look hard and long enough there’s always a few that manage to survive long enough to achieve these large sizes.”