Oarfish beaches itself in Mexico.

[zoiks]

Nice long fish. I've never heard of anything like this happening. Magnificent creature.

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[AyashiKaibutsu]

They live in deep water and generally only come close to the surface when they are dying. It's rare, but not surprising.

 

[Unheard]

Holy schnikes! That's a big ass fish.

 

[Riverhound777]

That would be amazing to witness. American Beauty experience much?

 

[sdifox]

Probably not safe to eat either.

 

[loup garou]

Wow.
I've alway been intrigued by oarfish, I remember when I was a kid I had a Fish of the Gulf of Mexico book and always thought it was the coolest, along with the inkfish (actually a sea slug).

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Why not safe to eat?

 

[IlllI]

holy crap! sea monster!! :Q

 

[Patt]

Wow ... didn't even know such a fish existed. Thanks for the link!

 

[lokiju]

Wow, I've never seen one of those before.

Amazing fish.

 

[Aharami]

that is cool as hell.

Didn't eat it or try.... too hot (95) for storage and or anyone wanting to pick it up for studies. Thing was breaking up as we were pulling them from my boat. Super soft and weak fish.

you wouldnt expect such a big fish to be so fragile

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
Why not safe to eat?

thinking along the line of deep water fish, long life, probably gets more mercury in system than Tuna.

 

[Jeff7]

Heh, probably the origin of some of the legends about "dragons at sea." One guy sees a fish that was "big," and that story gets passed on and done up until the thing was so big that it could eat an entire ship in one bite. Add in the effects of malnutrition or scurvy, or else just good old-fashioned drunkenness, and a 9 meter fish is suddenly a huge monster.

 

[meltdown75]

jeebus, that thing is messed up! wow! there are too many crazy things in the waters! AHHHH

 

[Canai]

Cool!

 

[BW86]

amazing looking fish

 

[conehead433]

Giant anchovy. The Texas Tech swim team is the clear winner here.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Aharami
that is cool as hell.

Didn't eat it or try.... too hot (95) for storage and or anyone wanting to pick it up for studies. Thing was breaking up as we were pulling them from my boat. Super soft and weak fish.

you wouldnt expect such a big fish to be so fragile

apparently, its reported to swim with a stiff body and its dorsal fin propelling it forward. And I guess its not a really good eat because it has almost a gelatinous flesh (assuming this is describing the meat). Thing is rarely ever seen alive.
Just read up on it. Never heard of the fish before.
Definitely a cool fish.

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[sonambulo]

Originally posted by: sdifox
Probably not safe to eat either.

But is it safe to fuck?

 

[Glavinsolo]

what a beautiful fish

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: conehead433
Giant anchovy. The Texas Tech swim team is the clear winner here.

Yup.

 

[zoiks]

Here's another thread on it.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/for...oarfish-east-cape.html

 

[Juno]

can we eat them?

 

[RKS]

There's your Loch Ness monster.

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: Patt
Wow ... didn't even know such a fish existed. Thanks for the link!

Ditto, never seen that before.