Rare oarfish, seen as harbingers of doom, snagged in Japan
Two giant oarfish caught off Okinawa's southwest Toya port on January 28 in Toyama Prefecture. Locals have long believed that oarfish are harbingers of earthquakes and tsunamis.– AFP pic, February 26, 2019.
TWO rare oarfish, giant deep-sea serpents long believed by locals to be a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis, have been caught off the Japanese island of Okinawa. Fishermen were stunned to find a pair of the silvery fish – the bigger one measuring 4m – alive in their nets late last month as the number of sightings of the mysterious creature in Japanese waters continues to rise.
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