Two extremely rare, living Oarfish recorded on video in Baja beach - Polidicks

[IMG]http://cdn.grindtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/oarfish-from-shedd-aquarium-fb-page.jpg[/IMG] [I] A living oarfish swimming on the shoreline of Isla San Francisco off Baja, Mexico;[/I] [quote=grind] Eco tourists from Shedd Adventures and Un-Cruise Adventures were in Baja, Mexico, to snorkel, kayak, and view whales, dolphins, sea lions, manta rays, and other marine life. Viewing bizarre-looking sea creatures on the beach was not part of the itinerary. Boy, were they in for a big surprise. As the tourists prepared to go kayaking off Isla San Francisco, located north of La Paz, two rare oarfish measuring about 15 feet were spotted swimming along the shoreline, seemingly trying to beach themselves. Usually when we hear about oarfish sightings, the long, slender, odd-looking fish are dead, such as the 18-foot monster discovered off Catalina Island, California, last fall and the 15-footer that washed ashore in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, two years ago. But these two oarfish were very much alive. Un-Cruise Adventures captured the rare video, which was then posted by Shedd Aquarium. The underwater footage is especially compelling:[/quote] [URL="http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/rare-video-of-oarfish-captured-on-baja-beach/""]http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/rare-video-of-oarfish-captured-on-baja-beach/[/URL] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xWaQ5E07yk[/media] holy shit they look huge. watching them swim underwater is especially interesting

That was absolutely beautiful.

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;44488653]That was absolutely beautiful.[/QUOTE] And more than a little weird looking. Pretty interesting to see live ones.

just realized my retardation in spelling extremely in the title ; if a mod can fix it I'd appreciate it greatly.

exrtremely

[QUOTE=Solomon;44488690]exrtremely[/QUOTE] i have failed

[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;44488759]i have failed[/QUOTE] you must kermit honorobru soduku

There wasn't any footage of them alive before? Or am I wrong here?

all I can say is just, wow.

[QUOTE=Buck.;44488850]There wasn't any footage of them alive before? Or am I wrong here?[/QUOTE] Nah theres been footage of living oarfish for a while now, it was all fairly old and not very high quality though.

[QUOTE=Buck.;44488850]There wasn't any footage of them alive before? Or am I wrong here?[/QUOTE] [quote=source]The first-ever footage of a living oarfish in the wild was reportedly taken in deep waters in 2011 by scientists using a remotely operated vehicle, though there was a report of another deep-sea oarfish video from 2008. While not an overall first, this video of two oarfish might be the first footage of living oarfish in near-shore waters. “It’s very rare,” Binder said. “I don’t know of any records of people seeing two come ashore, although they’ve been reported in pairs. But I don’t know if anybody has seen them live like this.” Oarfish are said to be able to reach 50-plus feet in length and inhabit depths of 1,500 to 3,000 feet. When the deep-water creatures venture into shallow water, as they did in this case, it usually means they are injured or dying.[/quote]

Why were they trying to beach themselves?

I may get a hundred boxes or so but, i thought we could basically clone cats or dogs so....we can't clone fishes or other animals? Especially if they're going extinct? If not then proceed to box me

[QUOTE=Ashes;44489194]I may get a hundred boxes or so but, i thought we could basically clone cats or dogs so....we can't clone fishes or other animals? Especially if they're going extinct? If not then proceed to box me[/QUOTE] Cloning has a low success rate IIRC. [editline]8th April 2014[/editline] and it's expensive and i'm sure some people would protest against it.

[QUOTE=Ashes;44489194]I may get a hundred boxes or so but, i thought we could basically clone cats or dogs so....we can't clone fishes or other animals? Especially if they're going extinct? If not then proceed to box me[/QUOTE] The major issue with cloning is the cost and success rate. Then there's also the question of why some of the animals are going extinct in the first place - if it's due to overhunting - cloning can help. If it's due to habitat loss - not much can be done, as the clones face the same issues.

[QUOTE=Ashes;44489194]I may get a hundred boxes or so but, i thought we could basically clone cats or dogs so....we can't clone fishes or other animals? Especially if they're going extinct? If not then proceed to box me[/QUOTE] It's not that bad of a question, actually. Like wraith and deck said, it tends to be expensive and impractical in its current state. It's been done before (Pyrenean Ibex) but few, if any have survived past birth.

looks tastey

That is a sea monster if I ever saw one.

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;44490200]That is a sea monster if I ever saw one.[/QUOTE] Go watch River Monsters on Netflix. That's what I've been doing the past few days.

That's not even the best footage. THIS is: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yIWfCAC5y0[/media] What absolutely blows my mind is the fact that instead of using its whole lower body to move through the water, it uses a set of muscles across its "back" to create a rippling motion, with the craziest part that it can seemingly control ANY set of muscles to have them separately ripple in groups. If you watch the later part of the video, you can see that it uses different muscle groups to adjust the degree of angle that it's moving through the water. I love it, it's so insanely cool.

Very cool. Shame they usually come near the surface when they are about to die.

[QUOTE=Eonart;44491312]they're trying to warn us[/QUOTE] The kaiju is coming.

[QUOTE=wraithcat;44489341]The major issue with cloning is the cost and success rate. Then there's also the question of why some of the animals are going extinct in the first place - if it's due to overhunting - cloning can help. If it's due to habitat loss - not much can be done, as the clones face the same issues.[/QUOTE] Not to mention you make the species more susceptible to disease as you start gaining a larger and larger population of cloned individuals, with no diversity to help stave off diseases. aka what's currently happening to the Cavandish banana.

i blame the nuclear waste and chemical weapons we dumped in san fransisco bay after ww1 and 2 for this

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;44494784]Not to mention you make the species more susceptible to disease as you start gaining a larger and larger population of cloned individuals, with no diversity to help stave off diseases. aka what's currently happening to the Cavandish banana.[/QUOTE] don't cheetah's have a similar problem because of incest?

[QUOTE=FingerSpazem;44494825]don't cheetah's have a similar problem because of incest?[/QUOTE] Yes, it also happens to golden retrievers, I think german shepherds, and Appalachian people

Oar fish are so sweet

Are these guys nearly extinct or something? Or are they usually extremely difficult to spot without having population difficulties?

"I'm taking a movie of it" :)

[QUOTE=Kannata;44500010]"I'm taking a movie of it" :)[/QUOTE] "Are they trying to permanently beach themselves?" As opposed to temporarily beach themselves?