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Rare Deep-Sea “Doomsday Fish” Washed Ashore and People Are Convinced It’s a Bad Omen
A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...
On February 10, a rare oarfish washed ashore in the Canary Islands, raising fears of an impending disaster.
Why are oarfish considered bad omens? As the 'messenger of the sea god' or Ry*g* no tsukai in Japanese mythology, the oarfish ...