Giant Oarfish Found In Sweden – A beachcomber found a giant oarfish washed up on the beach in Sweden, the first sighting of the rare fish there in 130 years.
In Japan, sightings of oarfish in shallow water are seen as bad omens preceding an earthquake.
But in the waters of northern Europe, appearances of the giant oarfish, which can grow up to 39 feet in length, are exceedingly rare.
Earlier this week, a hiker on a Swedish beach in Bovallstrand – on the western coast of Sweden, not far from the border with Norway – came upon the cadaver of a giant oarfish, also known as the “king of herrings.”
“At first, we thought it was a giant piece of plastic,” Kurt Ove Eriksson, who found the fish, told the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. “But then we saw an eye.”
The giant oarfish is the longest living bony fish and can reach a weight of up to 660 pounds. They generally make their home in more temperate waters and spend most of their time deep below the ocean surface, between 650 to 3,280 feet down.
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May 24th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Swedish earthquake portent?
May 24th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Those things are freakin creepy lookin!
May 26th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Great Thanks…
May 26th, 2010 at 9:41 am
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May 30th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Can you use these fish like an oar?