The elusive deep-water oarfish - considered to be a harbinger of bad news - was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California.
It was the state's third time spotting the species in the last three months, and only the 22nd over the past century.
Japanese mythology attributes shallow-water appearances of the deep-sea oarfish as precursors to earthquakes and tsunamis, according to Atlas Obscura.Alison Laferriere/Scripps Institution of Oceanography "Like with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples taken from it will be able to tell us much about the biology, anatomy, genomics and life history of oarfish," Frable said in the post.
Oarfish are often described as "sea serpents," Scripps notes, and the species' long "ribbon-like silvery body" can grow up to 30 feet. The fish are rarely observed alive, as they tend to only leave their natural habitats when in distress, according to Ocean Conservancy.
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