Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:22pm PDT

Fish that looks like 'Shrek' discovered off Japan

By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com

With "Shrek, the Final Chapter," Dreamworks presumably has produced the last sequel of the zany animated comedy featuring the large but lovable green ogre and his peculiar supporting cast.

But the movie's star character seems to have been reincarnated as a real-life denizen of the deep, residing off Sado Island, Japan. That's where scuba divers recently discovered an Asian sheepshead wrasse with a face so closely resembling the ogre that it has been dubbed a "Shrek" fish.

Video footage has appeared on the Today Show and, of course, it has found its way onto YouTube. Whether you can see the resemblance or not, you'll probably agree that this is one homely-looking fish:

 

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