This fish is also called the “harbinger of disasters”, and those who catch it, they say, will be doomed.
Fishermen from the Chilean city of Arica pulled a 5-meter oarfish out of the water. This fish is called the harbinger of disasters – earthquakes and tsunamis. It is also believed that whoever catches him will be cursed, wrote Ladbible.
The fish live very deep and very rarely come out. According to beliefs, it comes to the surface due to the movement of tectonic plates, so it looks like a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis. It is also believed that to catch the king paddle will be cursed.
By the way, these fish were spotted off the coast of Japan shortly before the tsunami and earthquake in the Fukushima area.
By the way, oarfish is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest -lived bony fish. The largest recorded specimen reached a length of 11 m, the maximum recorded weight was 272 kg, the average length was up to 3 meters. It is found in the warm, moderately warm and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. does not represent commercial value – the meat of the herring king according to some sources is considered not very edible and even the animals may reject it.
Recall that earlier, Alexander Gromadsky, a resident of the Dnipro city, caught a giant catfish weighing nearly 50 kilograms during spearfishing.
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Source: korrespondent
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