Still Waters Posted April 11, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 11, 2014 An elusive 15ft oarfish was spotted swimming in shallow waters in the Sea of Cortez in Mexico by tour guides from Un-Cruise Adventures. Lia Stamatiou, expedition leader for Un-Cruise Adventures said: "I learned about the oarfish as one of those fish you study but never see. "Seeing it swim up to us on the beach I was completely stunned. http://www.telegraph...-of-Mexico.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldethyl Posted April 12, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Wow. I would have got out of the water fast not knowing what the heck that was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted April 13, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Very sad really, these are deep sea fish and they usually only come near the surface when stressed, dying or dead. I believe they can grow to become the longest bony fish in the world, about 35 feet or so, so this one was still young. Very cool animal rarely seen alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.6.6 Posted April 13, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2014 thats tinfoil being pulled by a remote controlled boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted April 13, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I saw somewhere that the people on shore thought at least one of them was trying to beach itself, so they were very lucky to take the film while it was alive. They are quite beautiful and graceful when they swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly1 Posted April 14, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 14, 2014 swamp gas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranomaly Posted April 14, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I like turtles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyre Cayce Posted April 14, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 14, 2014 there is something wrong with that fish, poor guy, seems like he got too drunk and lost his way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted April 14, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Cool fish, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.6.6 Posted April 14, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Cool fish, Cool post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 14, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) That was an awesome video. I wish I had taken that. Edited April 14, 2014 by DieChecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishStudent526 Posted April 14, 2014 #12 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I'm more wondering why it's in shallow waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 14, 2014 #13 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Supposedly they only come to the surface to die. They are deep water fish, I think, and so usually die if they get to far up toward the surface. But this one was not really so long, so it was probably pretty young, and maybe the younger ones don't go as deep? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFakename Posted April 19, 2014 #14 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I read in a couple places that in folklore the oarfish is a messenger from the Sea God's palace and is only shows up on beaches to predict earthquakes... anybody else hear about the 7.2 earthquake in Mexico last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ1983 Posted April 25, 2014 #15 Share Posted April 25, 2014 cool looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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