microrobert
04-19-2015, 12:52 PM
Bizarre visitor from deep washes up on salt marsh
http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/201516/1df681c60c699c596f7f2e52779e06846d1c6df1_620x311.j pg
DoC's David Agnew with the 3m oarfish that washed up at Aramoana.
A bizarre, self-amputating, vertical swimming, serpent-like marine specimen has washed up on the salt marsh at Aramoana in Dunedin.
Department of Conservation service manager David Agnew said he was called by resident Don Gibbs, who discovered the 3m-long fish. He had never seen anything like it in his 20 years with DoC.
University of Otago New Zealand Marine Studies Centre manager Tessa Mills confirmed it was an "oarfish". They have been known to grow up to 11m long.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11433895
http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/201516/1df681c60c699c596f7f2e52779e06846d1c6df1_620x311.j pg
DoC's David Agnew with the 3m oarfish that washed up at Aramoana.
A bizarre, self-amputating, vertical swimming, serpent-like marine specimen has washed up on the salt marsh at Aramoana in Dunedin.
Department of Conservation service manager David Agnew said he was called by resident Don Gibbs, who discovered the 3m-long fish. He had never seen anything like it in his 20 years with DoC.
University of Otago New Zealand Marine Studies Centre manager Tessa Mills confirmed it was an "oarfish". They have been known to grow up to 11m long.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11433895