BaiHu
10-15-2013, 03:00 PM
Pretty cool:
Instructors at the Catalina Marine Institute (CIMI) found the carcass of a rare, 18-foot-long oarfish on Sunday afternoon. It was discovered in Toyon Bay on Catalina Island off the coast of California.
The fish appeared to have died from natural causes and its body was "almost perfectly intact," according a news release from CIMI. This is likely because it hadn't been dead long.
The oarfish is the longest known bony fish in the world, though it is rarely observed, especially alive.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/18-foot-oarfish-caught-off-catalina-island-2013-10#ixzz2hp4KjdOQ
Instructors at the Catalina Marine Institute (CIMI) found the carcass of a rare, 18-foot-long oarfish on Sunday afternoon. It was discovered in Toyon Bay on Catalina Island off the coast of California.
The fish appeared to have died from natural causes and its body was "almost perfectly intact," according a news release from CIMI. This is likely because it hadn't been dead long.
The oarfish is the longest known bony fish in the world, though it is rarely observed, especially alive.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/18-foot-oarfish-caught-off-catalina-island-2013-10#ixzz2hp4KjdOQ