Divers encounter enormous ‘doomsday fish’ riddled with shark bites
Ben Cost
19 hours ago
Divers off Taiwan were mesmerized after encountering a giant oarfish — which is rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — that had mysterious holes in its body, as seen in a video making waves on Instagram.
Jam Press/@chengruwang
Hole-y diver.
Ever dance with a “harbinger of doom”?
Divers off Taiwan were mesmerized after encountering a giant oarfish — which is rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — that had mysterious holes in its body, as seen in a video making waves on Instagram.
In the enchanting footage, taken off the coast of Ruifang, divers can be seen encircling the shimmery silver critter as it hovers near the surface.
At one point, one of the divers reaches out and touches the alleged doomsaying denizen of the deep.
Divers estimated that the “earthquake fish” measured around 6-and-a-half feet long, which, while big, doesn’t compare to their max size of 56-feet long — the longest of any bony fish.
Unfortunately, the oarfish’s journey into the shallows, while cool to see, perhaps did not bode well for the beast.
“It must have been dying, so it swam into shallower waters,” diving instructor Wang Cheng-Ru told Jam Press of the serpentine sea beast, which was the first one he encountered in all his years of scuba diving.
“It must have been dying, so it swam into shallower waters,” said diving instructor Wang Cheng-Ru.
Jam Press/@chengruwang
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The critter also had mysterious craters across its body, which experts believe to be the work of a cookiecutter shark. This fun-sized predator, known for coring chunks out of large fish, cetaceans and even nuclear submarines — although the latter is likely a case of mistaken identity.
The oarfish’s surface excursion is also perhaps a bad omen for us, given that some locals believe these denizens — which reside at depths of between 656 and 3,200 feet below the ocean’s surface — are a sign that an earthquake’s on the horizon.
Ben Cost
19 hours ago
Divers off Taiwan were mesmerized after encountering a giant oarfish — which is rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — that had mysterious holes in its body, as seen in a video making waves on Instagram.
Jam Press/@chengruwang
Hole-y diver.
Ever dance with a “harbinger of doom”?
Divers off Taiwan were mesmerized after encountering a giant oarfish — which is rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — that had mysterious holes in its body, as seen in a video making waves on Instagram.
In the enchanting footage, taken off the coast of Ruifang, divers can be seen encircling the shimmery silver critter as it hovers near the surface.
At one point, one of the divers reaches out and touches the alleged doomsaying denizen of the deep.
Divers estimated that the “earthquake fish” measured around 6-and-a-half feet long, which, while big, doesn’t compare to their max size of 56-feet long — the longest of any bony fish.
Unfortunately, the oarfish’s journey into the shallows, while cool to see, perhaps did not bode well for the beast.
“It must have been dying, so it swam into shallower waters,” diving instructor Wang Cheng-Ru told Jam Press of the serpentine sea beast, which was the first one he encountered in all his years of scuba diving.
“It must have been dying, so it swam into shallower waters,” said diving instructor Wang Cheng-Ru.
Jam Press/@chengruwang
see also
15-foot ‘doomsday fish’ washes up on beach: ‘We are all going to die!’
The critter also had mysterious craters across its body, which experts believe to be the work of a cookiecutter shark. This fun-sized predator, known for coring chunks out of large fish, cetaceans and even nuclear submarines — although the latter is likely a case of mistaken identity.
The oarfish’s surface excursion is also perhaps a bad omen for us, given that some locals believe these denizens — which reside at depths of between 656 and 3,200 feet below the ocean’s surface — are a sign that an earthquake’s on the horizon.
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Summary
Divers in Taiwan encountered an enormous oarfish, rumored as a sign of impending earthquakes, with shark bite-like holes. The fish, around 6.5 feet long, was seen by divers off the coast of Ruifang. Experts believe the holes were caused by cookiecutter sharks. Despite being a rare sight, the