The Japan Times on March 6, 2010, reported that in folklore the fish comes to the beach as an omen of an earthquake. In concordance with the messenger theme, in the two years preceding the Tohoku earthquake in March 2011, an unusual number of oarfish stranded themselves on the coastal beaches of Japan. According to Japanese mythology, the Oarfish is a messenger from the Dragon God of the sea.
Oarfish is a natural indicator. They are usually of deep sea creatures found in deep waters. However, they immerse to shallow water whenever their natural habitats are being disturbed. That means there is an abnormality happening deep under. Whenever an oarfish is seen, there's always a great earthquake or a tsunami coming over. Just as what happened in Surigao recently, before that, OARFISH were seen. Also in other countries, they are scientifically accredited to be calamity indicators.
Since first being described in 1772, the oarfish (Regalecus glesne) has maintained somewhat of a celebrity persona in the marine biological world. With its elongated body and prominent dorsal fin, it frequently played the role of “sea monster” in ocean travelers’ folklore. In recent times it’s undergone more serious scientific study, but with one significant obstacle: The specimens available were almost always dead or dying oarfish which had washed ashore or entered shallow waters under stress.
“Oarfish are very much a mid-water to deep-water species,” explained Karla Heidelberg, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California’s Wrigley Marine Science Center.
Yesterday and from the other days, several oar fishes seen in seashores. Last night, 4.9 earthquake struck in Sultan Kudarat. Whatever these sea creatures have indicated.
Oarfish is a natural indicator. They are usually of deep sea creatures found in deep waters. However, they immerse to shallow water whenever their natural habitats are being disturbed. That means there is an abnormality happening deep under. Whenever an oarfish is seen, there's always a great earthquake or a tsunami coming over. Just as what happened in Surigao recently, before that, OARFISH were seen. Also in other countries, they are scientifically accredited to be calamity indicators.
Since first being described in 1772, the oarfish (Regalecus glesne) has maintained somewhat of a celebrity persona in the marine biological world. With its elongated body and prominent dorsal fin, it frequently played the role of “sea monster” in ocean travelers’ folklore. In recent times it’s undergone more serious scientific study, but with one significant obstacle: The specimens available were almost always dead or dying oarfish which had washed ashore or entered shallow waters under stress.
“Oarfish are very much a mid-water to deep-water species,” explained Karla Heidelberg, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California’s Wrigley Marine Science Center.
Yesterday and from the other days, several oar fishes seen in seashores. Last night, 4.9 earthquake struck in Sultan Kudarat. Whatever these sea creatures have indicated.