A "monster-fish" which provided the inspiration for blockbuster film Alien has been netted off the Irish coast. Global warming may have attracted the rare South American species, which was dead when netted by trawler skipper Sean Conneely, 200 miles off the coast.
The fish, hunted by deep sea anglers in warm waters, has been sent to a natural history museum. Dingle Oceanworld director Kevin Flannery said the fish can live for up to 120 years. Normally, the fish can keep males alive on its body for 30 to 40 years by feeding them blood.
Examining the fish, he said a number of rare specimens have been discovered off the
Irish coast in recent years due to increasing sea temperatures. "These fishes was used as inspiration for the Alien film because they are so weird-looking".
“The fish is extremely big and black and lives in depths of up to three miles It’s pitch
dark, so the female leaves out her scent which attracts the males. When the male
injects for fertilisation and is attached to the fish, she clamps him and he can’t withdraw. The male it kept there for life and degenerates down to about one-hundredth of the size of the female.”
Mr Flannery said females hang on to the males, because they so seldom meet them in the deep. Some females have more than one male attached.
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.. Yeah, your right ((Leo)) .. to scary .. I can't believe that it still does exist .. it looks so ancient .. 
I like em.
I thought the inspiration for Alien was this guy
