Mystery of the real-life sea serpent

Mystery of the real-life sea serpent

Source: BBC News

1/15/2015

The enigmatic oarfish could be the truth behind ancient tales of sea serpents capable of sinking ships.

Growing up to 36ft (11m) long and swimming like a snake at the ocean’s surface, oarfish match historic descriptions of frightening monsters from the deep.

The giant fish is still capable of sending witnesses fleeing for their lives and sightings in shallow water or incidents of oarfish beaching themselves seem to be increasing.

In reality oarfish are harmless and rarely seen as they are thought to normally live at depths of 500-1000ft (152-305m). But still very little is known about them.

The oarfish family (Regalecidae) contains the longest bony fish in the world (Regalecus glesne) which was first described in 1772 by Peter Ascanius.

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