Doomsday fish: Mysterious deep-sea fish washes up on Canary Islands coast
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The oarfish washed up on the coast of Playa Quemada in Lanzarote A video of the moment the silvery fish with its characteristic orange fins was discovered has received more than nine million views on Instagram. open image in gallery The oarfish was discovered by beachgoers on 10 February When two oarfish washed up onto Californian beaches in 2013, scientists said they may have died as a result of seismic activity under the seabed that occurs days or weeks before an earthquake. When one washed up on the shores of California last year, Rachel Grant, a lecturer in animal biology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said at the time that there might be some truth in the ancient Japanese legend that the appearance of oarfish precedes an earthquake.
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