Anglers reel in mysterious doomsday fish

Anglers reel in mysterious doomsday fish

Source: 9news

9/25/2024

Credit: Facebook

A rare creature which looks more like an alien than a fish has been hauled out of the ocean by anglers.
While it may look other-wordily, it's actually an oarfish.
In some parts of the world, the oarfish is known as the "doomsday fish" and portends terrible events to come.

They can grow to a massive nine metres in length.
This one was landed by Curtis Peterson from Tiwi Islands Adventures, who shared the photo on Fishing Australia TV on Facebook.

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