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Divers Encounter Enormous ‘Doomsday Fish’ Riddled With Shark Bites
New York Post ^ | July 14, 2023 | Ben Cost

Posted on 07/14/2023 1:12:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Divers off Taiwan were mesmerized after encountering a giant oarfish — which is rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — that had mysterious holes in its body, as seen in a video making waves on Instagram.

In the enchanting footage, taken off the coast of Ruifang, divers can be seen encircling the shimmery silver critter as it hovers near the surface.

At one point, one of the divers reaches out and touches the alleged doomsaying denizen of the deep.The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard. Divers estimated that the “earthquake fish” measured around 6-and-a-half feet long, which, while big, doesn’t compare to their max size of 56-feet long — the longest of any bony fish.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: learntosize
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1 posted on 07/14/2023 1:12:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

That’s a lotta sushi!....................


2 posted on 07/14/2023 1:15:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Cookiecutter_shark


3 posted on 07/14/2023 1:17:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

Those are not shark bites.


4 posted on 07/14/2023 1:18:58 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: nickcarraway

“Oh, the shark bites with its teeth, yeah! And it keeps them.. pearly white!”


5 posted on 07/14/2023 1:21:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: doorgunner69

Red corrected me. Never heard of such.


6 posted on 07/14/2023 1:21:50 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: doorgunner69
Those are not shark bites.

Look up cookie cutter shark.

7 posted on 07/14/2023 1:24:34 PM PDT by null and void (Conspiracies so outlandish they can't be true, but it turns out that they are.)
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To: doorgunner69

nvrmnd


8 posted on 07/14/2023 1:25:01 PM PDT by null and void (Conspiracies so outlandish they can't be true, but it turns out that they are.)
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To: Red Badger

“I love my cigar shark too, but I take it out once in awhile!!”


9 posted on 07/14/2023 1:25:13 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: nickcarraway

That is way more than 6.5 feet.


10 posted on 07/14/2023 1:26:12 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (May God reign.)
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To: doorgunner69

Cookie cutter Shark.................


11 posted on 07/14/2023 1:26:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: doorgunner69

“Those are not shark bites.”

Cookie Cutter Shark


12 posted on 07/14/2023 1:27:16 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: doorgunner69

Thankfully, Cookie Cutter Sharks live only in the Deep Ocean, 1-2 miles down.................


13 posted on 07/14/2023 1:27:58 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger; TexasGator

Toll House?


14 posted on 07/14/2023 1:28:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: doorgunner69

“Those are not shark bites....”

Correct, according to the media, it’s an exit would from a 22LR....shot from an AR15 glock built by climate change.


15 posted on 07/14/2023 1:28:14 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: nickcarraway

Beni Hanna’s....................


16 posted on 07/14/2023 1:28:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ResponseAbility; nickcarraway

More than 7 meters. Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_Oarfish.jpg


17 posted on 07/14/2023 1:40:21 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Red Badger
Who ordered the cookie Cutty Sark?


18 posted on 07/14/2023 1:42:12 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Red Badger; null and void

I believe nothing until I hear Kamala’s word salad 🥗 about the whole thing

Then, I’ll believe the opposite

Which is probably somewhere in that salad 🥗


19 posted on 07/14/2023 1:45:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Larry Lucido

I see what you did there.


20 posted on 07/14/2023 1:56:48 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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