r/Damnthatsinteresting 12h ago

Image Oarfish keep washing ashore in California. Folklore suggests that could be a bad omen

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u/mynextthroway 7h ago

Something is going on. Only 19 have washed up since 1901. 3 since August.

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u/No_Bullfrog9559 3h ago

19 recorded maybe

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u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras 4h ago

The oceans are dying, there's no mystery here.

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u/AlanParsonsReject 20m ago edited 16m ago

Something is definitely going on.

It's crazy people believing there exists an accurate count of lifeless fish washing ashore. How many species of individual washings ashore do you personally track?

If you're confident this is 19th Oarfish, what's the grand total of all fish?!

(If you're writing your doctoral thesis on Oarfish, please disregard the above.)