Oarfish are really some amazing and strange creatures out there in the depth of tropical water. In March, people affiliated with Chicago's Shedd Aquarium spotted two mega 15-foot oarfish near the shore of Cortes, Mexico. Check the video below.
Oarfish are large and elongated fish with silver colored body, they can grow up to 55 feet and weigh more than 275 kilograms. Giant oarfish - particular kind of oarfish are the longest bony fish alive on the planet.
Usually oarfish sighting are rare and mostly ended up being bad for the fish. In 2013, 18-foot oarfish reached the shore of coast of California dead. While scientists were stunned to see the creature, for normal people it was something out of the world experience to see such magnificent silver creature.
Read more about oarfish on wikipedia here, and seasky.org here
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