OARFISH : LEGENDARY FISH THAT ANNOUNCES TSUNAMIS

You can find past posts about OARFISH by clicking on the label below.  This is a documentary by YouTube Station Best Documentary about this fish...  Because I dislike unasked for advertising, I'm linking to this video rather than embedding it. It's an interesting and well made video.  Siren

BEST DOCUMENTARY : OARFISH LEGENDARY ANNOUNCES TSUNAMIS

OARFISH : OCEAN CONSERVANCY ON OARFISH AND THE DOOMSDAY CONNECTION : ARE THESE SEA MONSTERS?

OCEAN CONSERVANCY on WHY OARFISH IS CALLED DOOMSDAY FISH

Excerpt: These animals aren’t just unique because of their size, however. Oarfish are filter feeders and primarily eat krill, plankton and other small crustaceans. Other than their long, ribbony appearance, the species also boasts large eyes and foreboding red spines that stick out to form a crown-like cluster. They are deep-sea dwellers, thriving most often in the zone least explored by scientists to date: the mesopelagic zone (waters down to 1,000 meters). Floating vertically through these dark waters, their silvery, reflective bodies help oarfish blend into their surroundings if they do happen upon patches of light. This type of camouflage may be simple, but it is certainly effective!

OARFISH : DO THEY REALLY APPEAR BEFORE A NATURAL DISASTER?

THE GUARDIAN : OARFISH - SAN DIEGO   "Group finds elusive deep sea fish that has washed up in California only twenty times since 1901."

Excerpt: Oarfish have long, ribbon-shaped bodies, and can grow longer than 20 feet (6 meters).  They typically live in an area of the deep sea called the mesopelagic zone, where light cannot reach, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA has described the fish as "strange and mysterious" creatures that scientists know little about.

Oarfish are sometimes called doomsday fish due to their mythical reputation as predictors of natural disasters and earth quakes.

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Siren here!  We have earthquakes each and every day all around the earth... We know this because of the technology that can sense them.  Most are adjustments to the earth's crust that are of little consequence to humans.  But what usually happens when a deep sea fish dies?  How is it that this fish made it to the surface of the ocean intact?

BIZARRE DEEP WATER FISH THE SOURCE OF SEA SERPENT MYTHS?

OAR FISH STORY FROM GRIND TV

Take a look at this loooong fish and see if you think it looks anything like a sea serpent!