Two rare oarfish, giant deep-sea serpents long believed by locals to be a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis, have been caught off the Japanese ...
TOKYO: Two rare oarfish, giant deep-sea serpents long believed by locals to be a harbinger of earthquakes and tsunamis, have been caught off the Japanese island of Okinawa.
More than 12 elusive oarfish - known in Japanese as"Ryugu no tsukai" or the"Messenger from the Sea God's Palace" - have washed up on shores in Japan over the past year. Japanese folklore has it that they move to shallower seas before underwater earthquakes, possibly due to electromagnetic changes that occur with tectonic activity.
The recent oarfish discoveries have sparked renewed debate on social media about impending doom, although scientists dispute such claims.
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