What do you do with a bizarre dead fish that lacks an eyeball and could be mistaken, at a distance, for a monster bell snake?
If you are the Birch Aquarium with Jolla, you keep the fish,, Put it on display and hope it attracts attention.
The workers had barely put the 11-foot and 2 inch fish-fishing on Friday when customers started to look for a glance. The interest has soared since then, especially in children with a wide -eyed eyes.
“They all want to know if it’s real,” a birch manufacturer said Brian Gibson on Tuesday.
The animal is one of the two oars that were found dead on the coast of San Diego County last year. The first, measuring about 12 feet long, was discovered in August at La Jolla. The second, which ended up in Birch, was found on GrandView Beach in Encinitas in November.
The discoveries were surprising because the trains, which can reach up to 25 feet long, are deep water creatures which are rarely observed on the surface. Less than 25 oarfish have been found on California beaches since 1901.
Creatures also aroused interest because, in popular Japanese folklore, avision fish has long been called “silly fish” or “harness of misfortune”, because their sudden appearance was considered a sign that an earthquake or tsunami was going to occur. Scientists say that tradition is entirely baseless.
The two found locally last year ended up with the parental organization of the aquarium, the UC San Diego Institution of Oceanography scripps, which placed the Avion fish in the Conservatives.
The Oarfish the Jolla already looked tough. But that of enclosure was quite good shape,, Apparently because it was found shortly after his death.
“There has been a minimum of damage from scales like gulls,” said Ben Frable, principal director of collections for sea vertebrates at Scripps.
Later, he worked with colleagues to build a long, narrow and clear acrylic display case. The 45 -pound -aircraft -avion fish – intact except for a little bit of its tail – was put on in the case last Friday, then transported the hill to the birch, even before Scripps has time to carry out an advertising campaign.
It is unlikely that Scripps could have found a live specimen alone. Oarfish can dive more than 3,200 feet deep, in dark waters, far from the easy range of humans.
“Each new specimen deepens our understanding of this enigmatic fish,” said frable in a press release. “With their long silver bodies and their striking red fins, emerging from the vast ocean, the trains have long fueled human imagination.
“I hope that seeing these specimens in person promotes a deeper appreciation for them – not as mythical creatures, but as remarkable living beings who share our world.”
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
