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'Doomsday fish': Once-in-a-lifetime sea creature encountered in Monterey Bay

61 points by sipofwater 9mo ago

sipofwater 9mo ago
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- lIl-IIIl 8mo ago
  Video of the encounter: https://www.reddit.com/r/marinebiology/comments/1q26t6r/juvenile_kingofthesalmon_rare_ribbonfish/ https://www.reddit.com/r/marinebiology/comments/1q26t6r/juve...
bschwindHN 9mo ago
> Other members of the group were quick to point out that sightings of ribbon fish in shallow water have historically been an omen of earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, with one person even calling it a “doomsday fish.” But as it turns out, that legend concerns a very similar-looking cousin of the king-of-the-salmon: the oarfish. So, not a doomsday fish. Still cool though.
- jasonjmcghee 8mo ago
  I was about to post the same comment- so just blatant click-bait misinformation by sf gate...
sandworm101 8mo ago
No mention of where the name comes from? It comes from the legends of Pacific-Northwest native peoples. Not Japan. Washington and British Columbia.
spaceman_2020 8mo ago
So this awful website hijacked my back button, directed me to an ad, and instead of telling me the name of the fish immediately, made me search for it deep in the article Yeah, no wonder the web is dying
- cwnyth 8mo ago
  Firefox + ublock origin. Nothing was hijacked, I saw no ads, and I found the name in the 3rd paragraph. You can improve your web experience immensely.
  - 2Gkashmiri 8mo ago
    I find this funny. On tv, back in the day, we used to have mandatory ads. They were part of programmming.. On web, people."feel" its the same thing. "Oh let the poor owners earn a bit" because of sob stories of content creators and "only source of income". They dont see ublock as something important
    - hulitu 8mo ago
      > On tv, back in the day, we used to have mandatory ads. _we_ didn't.
  - spaceman_2020 8mo ago
    Safari on iPhone There are mobile users in the world too you know
    - ycombinete 8mo ago
      uBlock works on Safari on iPhone too. I didn’t get ads or redirects. https://apps.apple.com/ae/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698 https://apps.apple.com/ae/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...
      - wooger 8mo ago
        The lite makes a lot of difference, it's only using the iOS content blocker and it doesn't work effectively in many use cases.
        ycombinete 8mo ago
        I haven’t found that to be the case at all. I replaced adguard with uBlock lite months ago and haven’t noticed any problems since.
derektank 8mo ago
Once in a lifetime might be overstating it. A handful appeared near San Diego in 2024[1], and several were observed in New Zealand and the Canary Islands last year. Wonder if this is a case of surveillance bias as a result of easier communication or an actual increase in appearances [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/oarfish-california https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/oarfish-cali...
- NewJazz 8mo ago
  That's not the same fish as the one in this article I don't think.
- fnordpiglet 8mo ago
  The figure of speech is about a typical divers lifetime. I believe you’re confusing it with “once a generation,” which refers to the collective human experience type of rarity.
  - derektank 8mo ago
    I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard that phrase in that context. My only real frame of reference is the 1981 Talking Heads hit single which I always took to have the “once in a generation” meaning. What’s a diver’s lifetime?
leobg 8mo ago
> Don't let Google decide who you trust. > Make SFGATE a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI. Lol
HelloUsername 8mo ago
"I caught an oarfish! I hope I catch morefish!"

61 points by sipofwater 9mo ago

sipofwater 9mo ago

Mirror: https://archive.ph/Gfz0g https://archive.ph/Gfz0g

lIl-IIIl 8mo ago
Video of the encounter: https://www.reddit.com/r/marinebiology/comments/1q26t6r/juvenile_kingofthesalmon_rare_ribbonfish/ https://www.reddit.com/r/marinebiology/comments/1q26t6r/juve...

bschwindHN 9mo ago

> Other members of the group were quick to point out that sightings of ribbon fish in shallow water have historically been an omen of earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, with one person even calling it a “doomsday fish.” But as it turns out, that legend concerns a very similar-looking cousin of the king-of-the-salmon: the oarfish. So, not a doomsday fish. Still cool though.

jasonjmcghee 8mo ago
I was about to post the same comment- so just blatant click-bait misinformation by sf gate...

sandworm101 8mo ago

No mention of where the name comes from? It comes from the legends of Pacific-Northwest native peoples. Not Japan. Washington and British Columbia.

spaceman_2020 8mo ago

So this awful website hijacked my back button, directed me to an ad, and instead of telling me the name of the fish immediately, made me search for it deep in the article Yeah, no wonder the web is dying

cwnyth 8mo ago
Firefox + ublock origin. Nothing was hijacked, I saw no ads, and I found the name in the 3rd paragraph. You can improve your web experience immensely.
- 2Gkashmiri 8mo ago
  I find this funny. On tv, back in the day, we used to have mandatory ads. They were part of programmming.. On web, people."feel" its the same thing. "Oh let the poor owners earn a bit" because of sob stories of content creators and "only source of income". They dont see ublock as something important
  - hulitu 8mo ago
    > On tv, back in the day, we used to have mandatory ads. _we_ didn't.
- spaceman_2020 8mo ago
  Safari on iPhone There are mobile users in the world too you know
  - ycombinete 8mo ago
    uBlock works on Safari on iPhone too. I didn’t get ads or redirects. https://apps.apple.com/ae/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698 https://apps.apple.com/ae/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...
    - wooger 8mo ago
      The lite makes a lot of difference, it's only using the iOS content blocker and it doesn't work effectively in many use cases.
      - ycombinete 8mo ago
        I haven’t found that to be the case at all. I replaced adguard with uBlock lite months ago and haven’t noticed any problems since.

derektank 8mo ago

Once in a lifetime might be overstating it. A handful appeared near San Diego in 2024[1], and several were observed in New Zealand and the Canary Islands last year. Wonder if this is a case of surveillance bias as a result of easier communication or an actual increase in appearances [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/oarfish-california https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/oarfish-cali...

NewJazz 8mo ago
That's not the same fish as the one in this article I don't think.
fnordpiglet 8mo ago
The figure of speech is about a typical divers lifetime. I believe you’re confusing it with “once a generation,” which refers to the collective human experience type of rarity.
- derektank 8mo ago
  I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard that phrase in that context. My only real frame of reference is the 1981 Talking Heads hit single which I always took to have the “once in a generation” meaning. What’s a diver’s lifetime?

leobg 8mo ago

> Don't let Google decide who you trust. > Make SFGATE a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI. Lol

HelloUsername 8mo ago

"I caught an oarfish! I hope I catch morefish!"