Giant 'Sea Serpent' Discovered Off California Coast!
A MARINE BIOLOGIST has discovered the carcass of a beast believed to be a relic of prehistoric sea serpents.
She grabbed the giant beast by its tail and dragged it for more than 20m as her colleagues waded in to help.
After dragging the eel-like fish to shore and inspecting it she discovered it was an oarfish.
"Her first reaction was to approach with caution, until she realised that it was dead."
Oarfish are pelagic lampriofrom creatures and are rarely seen due to the extreme depths at which they live.
The serpent-like fish can grow up to 17m in length and is the largest bony fish in the world.“We've never seen a fish this big”Mark Waddington, senior captain of the Tole Mour, CIMI's sail training ship
"We've never seen a fish this big," said Mark Waddington, senior captain of the Tole Mour, CIMI's sail training ship.
"The last oarfish we saw was three feet long."
The mammoth fish will be buried in the sand until it decomposes and then its skeleton will be reconstructed for a display.
The fish died of natural causes. A daily Star report.
Comments
Post a Comment