Neatorama finds this neato item - for those guys who always want a longer one, well there you go. Actually this is an
oarfish, washed up on the West Australian coast. There have been at least six such washups in the last few months, which I take is more than normal. The beast is actual, but is really rarely seen since it lives very deep in the sea and only rarely surfaces.
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It is probably the creature that sparked "sea serpent" legends following sightings by ancient mariners.
Last year a woman in Cleveland on the north-east coast of England caught a 63.5kg, 3.5m-long oarfish while fishing for cod, using a squid bait.
Scientists were disappointed when the woman, who weighed 13kg less than the fish, sliced it up and put it in her freezer.
The fish is not good to eat.
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Phew.
03-08-2006, 02:27 PM
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