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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Big Fish

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Some things take a while to get right, whether it's a device or a proper natural observation. The stories of that journey, though, can be curious indeed.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:30.0

Jocuzto once said, the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder

0:46.7

forever.

0:47.7

And it's true, the sea is at once mysterious and graceful, like another planet below the

0:53.3

waves.

0:54.3

And although we don't know yet if life exists beyond the stars, there is a rich ecosystem

0:59.4

of plants and animals waiting for us beneath the water surface.

1:03.2

Or of course, sometimes the fish don't like to wait, once in a while they come up to

1:07.5

see us for themselves.

1:10.3

Like what happened in the Baltic Sea in the mid 1400s?

1:13.8

According to the story, a particular fish had been captured and brought to the King of

1:17.3

Poland, Sigismund I.

1:19.4

Sigismund was fascinated by the creature and he decided to keep it.

1:24.1

The fish was described as being large, larger than any fish anyone had ever seen before,

1:29.2

with scales all over its midsection and flippers like a man's hands.

1:33.7

Its pointed head resembled a miter, or the headdress dawned by bishops in the church,

1:38.9

earning it the nickname, the Bishopfish.

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