The Fish Thread

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[misskit]

Withnal made me post this.

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Dead dunk fish.

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[prawnograph]

there's even an Oarfish thread

Do beached oarfish prophesy SoCal earthquake?
So should Southern California residents be nervous after two of the massive sea serpents washed ashore last week?

This oarfish was found washed ashore near the south jetty in Oceanside around 5 p.m. Friday. An 18-foot-long oarfish was found near Catalina earlier in the week

Let's let recent history be our guide. Three years ago, concerns were raised in Japan with sightings of the rare fish (which can grow to be 50 feet long and swim at depths of 3,000 feet) until an official with the Kobe Earthquake Centre debunked the myth.

Here's what the Daily Telegraph reported in 2010 after more than 16 oarfish washed ashore in — or were caught in nets off the coast of Japan:

According to traditional Japanese lore, the fish rise to the surface and beach themselves to warn of an impending earthquake - and there are scientific theories that bottom-dwelling fish may very well be susceptible to movements in seismic fault lines and act in uncharacteristic ways in advance of an earthquake - but experts here [in Japan] are placing more faith in their constant high-tech monitoring of the tectonic plates beneath the surface.

[charleyboy]