Scientists REVEAL This Legendary Fish Is The “Harbinger Of DOOM”!
The oarfish, a rare creature of the deep water that is frequently referred to as the "harbinger of death" or the "doomsday fish," has resurfaced, igniting a variety of beliefs and worries. The oarfish has long been associated with myths of impending doom and cataclysmic catastrophes in Japanese culture, which has perpetuated these myths for millennia.
The sea serpent is also known by the moniker "The Messenger from the Sea God's Palace."
The oarfish is the world's longest bony fish and was first discovered in 1772. Being able to reach lengths of more than 30 feet and weigh up to 600 pounds, it is one of the longest fish species in the world. The elongated fish, albeit not a reptile, has been believed to be the source of myths about sea serpents that may be found all across the world. In Palau, it is known as the rooster fish because of the spiky red fins that protrude from its head, while other people have referred to it as the "king of the herring" because of its silvery sheen. For a species about which so little is known, it goes by an ironic abundance of names.
Yet relatively little study has been done on oarfish since they often inhabit depths that humans still find difficult to reach. Specimens are rare and hard to come by because, in addition to being unwanted bycatch, oarfish are also typically thrown back by fisherman since their "flabby, gooey" meat cannot be sold at market. Likewise the information gained by collecting specimens is typically not very substantial because studying dead animals in their natural habitat provides more information than does collecting specimens.
Humans rarely see it because it prefers depths between 656 and 3,200 feet, which hides its slim, ribbon-like body and shimmering silver scales. Scuba divers in Taiwan, on the other hand, have recently reported seeing oarfish. Why?
According to legend, the oarfish only comes to the surface when an immense number of people are in imminent danger. It is thought that the oarfish appears as a warning sign, indicating that a tsunami or earthquake is about to strike. And there's a good reason why people today still hold onto this ancient belief.
At least a dozen oarfish were said to have washed ashore in Japan in 2010. A catastrophic tsunami was simultaneously caused by a powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Fukushima shortly after, in March 2011.
Six oarfish were seen a few days before a devastating earthquake that struck the southern Philippines in 2017. In the early months of 2019, just a few years after that and months before the Yamagata earthquake and blackout, at least three oarfish were discovered washed ashore on Japan's coastlines.
It remains to be seen whether recent reports of oarfish will result in a deadly natural calamity. But for a variety of reasons, scientists argue that this old superstition is untrue.
Even while scientists don't currently utilize fish behaviour to anticipate tremors, the Japan Times reports that there may be some scientific merit to that claim. Deep-sea fish residing close to the sea floor are more sensitive to the movements of active faults than fish living near the surface of the water, according to Kiyoshi Wadatsumi, a scientist who studies earthquakes at the nonprofit group e-PISCO.
However, according to Louisiana State University oceanographer and ecologist Mark Benfield, "Whatever the oceanographic phenomena are that push these animals on shore, they're probably on a large enough scale to affect more than one oarfish." Mark Benfield was quoted in National Geographic as saying.
In other words, if the tale were true other animals would have been seen before earthquakes in addition to oarfish. And if that were the case, there would probably be a lot more oarfish that washed up each time.
There is no scientific proof of a connection, so I don't think people need to be concerned, Hiroyuki Motomura, a professor of ichthyology at Kagoshima University, said in an interview with the New York Post.
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