Unlike Benson the spawn-filled wonder carp from across the pond, the US has a 48-pound, rainbow trout that is suspected to be JUICED. Saskatchewan fisherman Sean Konrad hauled it out of Lake Diefenbaker (say that none times fast) where genetically engineered trout that have ESCAPED from a fish farm almost a decade ago are chilling. "Technically known as triploids, they're designed with three sets of chromosomes, making them sterile and channeling energies normally spent reproducing towards growth." AND ALSO MAYBE REVENGE? READ MORE

Finally, a bit of closure: "Benson, the giant carp whose death in Britain this month sparked an international outpouring, was probably not a victim of foul play, the taxidermist charged with examining her sudden death said on Monday. Instead, the fish likely died from reproductive complications." READ MORE

"On the line between life and death, at Kingfisher Lake, she breathed the fatal air and did not sink again. And there she lay, like Wisdom drawn up from the deep: as golden, and as quiet." READ MORE

The Wall Street Journal picks up the story of Benson the carp and investigates five possible reasons for the giant fish's demise.

Benson, a gigantic English carp, has passed away at the age of 25. There are suspicions that she was deliberately poisoned with raw tiger nuts by an irate fisherman who was unable to capture her. But mostly there is grief. READ MORE