No, this fish was not fed with GMOs. This is, in fact, its natural colour! Jim Russel actually fished an ophiodon, a fish that usually lives several hundred metres deep in the water.
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Its turquoise blue flesh has surprised the Internet but it is by no means the result of a strange phenomenon: in 20% of cases, its flesh can have this complexion due to the chlorophyll ingested by the fish.
We rarely (or never) eat blue foods and that's not about to change. In fact, once cooked, the flesh becomes white again! Check out the video above to see the fish's bizarre flesh for yourself...
