![]() "It's hard to imagine what sort of phenomenon would occur before an earthquake that would cause these oarfish to leave the to move towards shore and strand," Mark Benfield, an oceanographer and ecologist at Louisiana State University, told NatGeo. In fact, six oarfish were spotted days before a deadly 2017 earthquake in southern Philippines, NatGeo reported.īut science says this legend doesn't hold water, experts say. Local legend claims the oarfish appears just before natural disasters like tsunamis or earthquakes. In Japanese folklore, the oarfish is known as a "Messenger from the Sea God's Palace" and has gained a reputation as a doomsday harbinger of sorts, according to National Geographic. Oarfish are deep-dwelling species, making their homes in the mesopelagic zone 200 to 1,000 meters below the ocean's surface, so sightings are rare. ![]() ![]() Video taken in late June shows the creature, over six feet long, dotted with what appeared to be giant bite marks. The creature, over six feet long, is known as a "messenger from the sea god's palace."ĭivers made an amazing discovery in the waters off the northeast coast of Taiwan: an enormous deep sea oarfish. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |