Experts are investigating whether the oarfish's appearance might be linked to seismic activity or other environmental factors.
The doomsday fish from the deep sea has surfaced: the rare and stunning oarfish might mean an earthquake will hit California soon.A long, serpent-like creature from the deep was discovered by snorkelers in La Jolla Cove, sparking speculation that this mythic beast could signal an impending earthquake in California .
In a discovery that could be the opening scene of a disaster movie, innocent snorkelers, and kayakers saw an unusual glistening fish meets sea snake floating out of place in La Jolla Cove. Twelve feet long, they couldn’t miss the formidable creature that experts from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography rushed to identify.In an official statement, an oarfish sighting is so rare, it holds mythic and even foreboding meaning to our ancestors.
While the connection between the appearance of the oarfish and impending natural disasters remains scientifically unproven, experts are investigating its cause of death. After being transported back to shore on a paddle board and then loaded onto a pickup truck for a necropsy at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, scientists are examining whether the fish’s death could be linked to seismic activity on the seafloor, with concerns about a potential earthquake in California.
the surfacing of dozens of oarfish in Japan a couple of years before the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami sent waves of fear throughout the country. So, the omen might not be exactly a fact or a sign that an earthquake is coming tomorrow, but perhaps “the day after tomorrow,” as in the climate change film starring Dennis Quaid. In a couple of years, in other words.” have popped up all over the world, including Maine and New Jersey, and in non-earthquake-prone areas as well.
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