This bizarre fish – believed to “predict earthquakes” and have given rise to the legend of sea serpents – was washed up on a beach before mysteriously disappearing.
The usually deep sea dwelling oarfish, which can reach eight metres in length and have been known to bite their own tails off, was found dead by a stunned wildlife expert, who had never seen such a sight.
It washed up at the Otago Harbour, near Dunedin, on New Zealand’s South Island.
David Agnew, of the local Department of Conversation, said: “It was really fresh, it had just washed up on the night tide and looking at it, it was a pretty weird looking creature. I have never seen such a fish in 20 years of living here.
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