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Octopus found in pond!

29 April 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Believe it or not, a large number of octopuses were found in a pond in Barisal town yesterday. But they all died as the owner of the pond threw poison into the pond. Jhontu Miah leased a big pond from the Public Works Department near Raja Bahadur Road for fish farming. As Jhontu threw poison into the pond on Monday to catch fish 'easily', the dead octopuses started floating the next day. This correspondent visited the spot and saw 9 big octopuses and more than 100 small octopuses each weighing about 100 to 200 grams.