Once in a blue moon
As I was scrolling through Instagram a few weeks ago, mindlessly flicking past generic selfies and food posts, I came across a picture that made me stop and look again. At first I thought it was a dolphin, but there was something different about it — the fins were sharper looking and the tail was vertically orientated.
On further inspection — and having read the caption — it became apparent that the photo was of a magnificent bluefin tuna. Long, full-bodied, bullet-shaped and powerful looking, the fish was erupting from the deep blue sea in all its majesty. What a beauty! I gave the photo a ‘like’ and was about to move on when I saw the hashtag, #cornwall. I couldn’t believe it, Cornwall, UK? I had no idea we had fish like that in our waters.
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