oarfish
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With its long eel-like body, gaping mouth and bright red dorsal fins, it’s no surprise that the oarfish calls to mind a sea monster.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2024
Another possible explanation is that the oarfish got stuck in a current and couldn’t go back down into deeper waters.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
The latest was on Nov. 6, when an oarfish was discovered at Grandview Beach by Alison Laferriere, a doctoral candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
An oarfish that gets caught in a current and is taken up to the surface doesn’t have a good way to get back down.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
If an oarfish happens to swim up to the ocean’s surface, a sailor would see a long slithering creature with spiky protrusions on its head and could believe it was a sea monster, Paig-Tran said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
