January 16, 2012
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“Yes, if we brought the creature back alive, I could sell her to a big aquarium or zoo for perhaps as much as $250 million,” he told reporters.

“But sushi connoisseurs will gladly pay through the nose for the opportunity to dine on the flesh of such a one-of-a-kind animal.

“As we all know, Almas caviar from Iran sells for $25,000 per kilo. Because Nessie is so much more rare, I expect sushi from her carcass to fetch ten times that much. My researchers estimate that Nessie weighs at least 76,000 kilos. At $250,000 per kilo, that makes her value close to $20 billion.”

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— From “Japanese Fishing Tycoon Vows: I’ll Turn Loch Ness Monster into Sushi!”.

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