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Originally Posted by kach22i
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a guy on my local forum maintains a weird animals thread on my local forum and did a write up on these
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The Oarfish
This fish could quite literally be a thing of legends, it's bizarre shape, massive size and considerable rarity could have plausibly lead old time sailors to see these fish and believe them to be sea serpents.
They live in all tropical oceans but are very rarely seen or even caught. They grow up to 17 metres which makes the possibly the largest bony fish.
What's cool is their eggs are brightly coloured and boyant. When the eggs hatch the larvae feeds/exists with the zooplankton and once it has grown significantly to require more than just zooplankton they leave the surface until they're sick or dying.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUaL6hHluZ8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvRqqwBoyx8[/youtube]
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thread: Animal of the week. - GP Forums Animals
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