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Fisherman land gargantuan 12-foot oarfish
upi ^ | 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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To: TexasGator

21 posted on 05/26/2018 12:07:41 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Larry Lucido

If it has no manners, it’s an oafish oarfish.


22 posted on 05/26/2018 12:14:27 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

It’s oafish to look a gift oarfish in the oral orifice.


23 posted on 05/26/2018 12:37:26 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: JoeProBono

Apparently oarfish are the ticket for group photos!


24 posted on 05/26/2018 1:23:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Larry Lucido

At home, or at the oarfish? (Don’t mean to be stand-oarfish.)


25 posted on 05/26/2018 1:28:01 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Sacajaweau

The plankton eating fish was caught in a net.


26 posted on 05/26/2018 2:10:11 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Starstruck

The YMCA I used to belong to, about once a month the pool would be closed a day or two because of that!


27 posted on 05/26/2018 3:03:48 PM PDT by Reily
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To: EEGator

She was small then, she got over it.


28 posted on 05/26/2018 3:04:41 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

Waist deep, no more...


29 posted on 05/26/2018 3:14:26 PM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: Larry Lucido

That was terrible. :)


30 posted on 05/26/2018 3:14:59 PM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: JoeProBono

North Koreans have bigger intestinal parasites than that


31 posted on 05/26/2018 3:42:03 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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32 posted on 05/27/2018 4:41:27 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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