and you thought fish were fun!
they normally are, but when you get to this level the hobby of fish keeping can become decidedly serious, Koi carp started becoming popular in the UK about 50 or so years ago, and have increased in popularity ever since, with their presence being seen in garden ponds all ove the UK, nut it is in Japan that the real money lies when it comes to buying champions, like the one above, the
101cm-long Koi Carp from the highly-regarded Kohaku variety was bought by
a collector from Japan after a fierce bidding war at the Saki Fish
farm in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the female carp won first prize at the
prestigious All Japan Koi Show last year, and is expected to bag her second
title this year, which greatly increased collectors’ interest,
S Legend, a
red and white Koi Carp bred in Japan became the most expensive live fish ever
sold, after fetching a mind-blowing price of 203 million yen ($1.8 million),
more than $1.3 million more than the previous record, fans and
collectors of Koi carp are now expected to travel from all over the world to
catch a glimpse of the most expensive fish ever sold,
“This is a record price
paid for a single Koi Carp,” British Koi expert, Tim Waddington,
told Daily Mail, “At 101cm it is very large and from the
favoured Kohaku variety. People in the Koi carp world are excited by the
sale as it is an incredible price for a single fish. The previous best price
was around £400,000 ($500,000). It really is a crazy world.” photographs from
the Sakai Koi Farm, and no it does not come with chips, those are extra!
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