Thread: If this isn't photoshopped..

it's just a oarfish !!!!Regalecus glesne

right, so explain this knumbnuts.

Originally Posted by DrivingForce

. If it's so common why hasn't it been videoed swimming before? at least not that has been widely published.. I've seen thousands of aquatic documentaries and animal related videos too and never saw that fish before?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

right, so explain this knumbnuts.

Originally Posted by DrivingForce

. If it's so common why hasn't it been videoed swimming before? at least not that has been widely published.. I've seen thousands of aquatic documentaries and animal related videos too and never saw that fish before?

easily done, see highlighted quote above..

In that context the word means existing but not commonly known just as it states. It says nothing but about being nonexistent...
The statement I questioned was the one saying it was a commonly known fish...

apparently it is not as common as noted as it is a deep water fish not often seen in shallower waters.. however that does not make it non existent...

Originally Posted by DrivingForce

The statement I questioned was the one saying it was a commonly known fish...

not commonly known to who?

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by DrivingForce

The statement I questioned was the one saying it was a commonly known fish...

not commonly known to who?

like I said pedantic..

Commonly known to the general populace.. now, we're done..but one last word, your post is the issue not this one and your post implicated as me as saying it "didn't exist" I never said that, and that is the issue here, nothing more. your accusation was inaccurate...

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

I reckon its just a bit tired after being caught.

I still reckon it's dead.

Maybe just pining for the fjords?

I prefer the second pic.

That fish is not a fish, it's a beast.. I actually saw one of those when I was scuba diving.. they are real..let me tell you.

Originally Posted by phuketbound

That fish is not a fish, it's a beast.. I actually saw one of those when I was scuba diving..

sure it wasnt a mirror?

*snigger*

End of discussion...!!!!

Originally Posted by dirtydog

here's the article that went with this pic..

A rare - and dead - oarfish washed up at City Beach in Perth yesterday, proving more than a handful for Troy Coward, Andy Mole and Axel Strauss (pictured). The serpent-like animal was found six metres offshore, bringing to at least six the number of oarfish that have washed up on the West Australian coast in recent months. Prefering to live in the depths of the ocean they have only been known to come to the surface when sick or dying and have rarely been seen alive.
Living in the world's warmer oceans, it feeds on plankton and is harmless to humans. The longest bony fish in the sea, it grows up to nine metres long with a bright red crest that runs the entire length of its body.
It is probably the creature that sparked "sea serpent" legends following sightings by ancient mariners.

Save the sea animals, eat people!