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Fisherman land gargantuan 12-foot oarfish
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| May 25, 2018
| Ben Hooper
Posted on 05/26/2018 11:10:13 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A group of Vietnamese fishermen said they were surprised when their nets snared a massive oarfish measuring more than 12 feet long.
Xuan Quy and Thanh Hoa said they were out fishing with a friend Tuesday off the coast of Thanh Hoa Province when they pulled in their nets and discovered they had ensnared an oarfish measuring about 12 feet, 9 inches long.
The fishermen said it was the first time they have caught an oarfish.
They said it is rare to encounter oarfish because they generally live in deeper waters than their fishing nets can reach.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; oarfish
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That's not an oarfishTHIS is an oarfish
United States navy trainees display a 23-foot (7 m) giant oarfish discovered by their instructor on the beach of Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in 1996.
To: JoeProBono
Reason 1,274,336 I don’t like swimming in the ocean.
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:14:42 AM PDT
by
EEGator
(The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
To: EEGator
Oarfish can be fun
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05/26/2018 11:18:35 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
I’ll stick to swimming pools...
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:21:16 AM PDT
by
EEGator
(The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:22:38 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: EEGator
and as my daughter used to say about oceans & lakes, “Fish poop there!”.
:)
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:27:59 AM PDT
by
Reily
To: Reily
I’m on your daughter’s side.
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:28:44 AM PDT
by
EEGator
(The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
To: EEGator
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:31:09 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: Reily
Pools: People pee and poop there.
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05/26/2018 11:32:40 AM PDT
by
Starstruck
(I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
To: JoeProBono
If you’re not sure, it could be an either/oarfish.
To: JoeProBono
Do they taste like chicken?
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:37:25 AM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: Starstruck
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05/26/2018 11:42:17 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
I would have cut that line really, really fast.
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
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05/26/2018 11:46:58 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: Sacajaweau
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05/26/2018 11:49:01 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Do they taste like chicken?
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You’re welcome to have mine. That’s one ugly fish.
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05/26/2018 11:49:17 AM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: JoeProBono
That made me hungry. I’m going to go fry me up some chicken caviar.
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:50:54 AM PDT
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Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: Larry Lucido
She’ll we wait with baited breathe for someone fry a batter pun?
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posted on
05/26/2018 11:54:33 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
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05/26/2018 11:55:28 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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To: Larry Lucido
Oar it could be a paddle fish?
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