Divers find «doomsday fish» riddled with sharks off the coast of Taiwan
herring king. photo: wikipedia
Divers diving off the coast of Taiwan were struck by a giant «doomsday fish», which, according to legend, rises from the depths before earthquakes, according to RG.RU .. In a video posted in on social networks, it is clear that the fish has deep holes in the body.
The video was filmed off the coast of Ruifang, in which divers surround a shimmering silvery creature more than 2.5 meters long. The holes on her creature's body are believed to be the result of an attack by a cutter shark, which is known for picking pieces out of its prey, usually large fish and cetaceans, writes The New York Post.
Doomsday fish day or the fish of the Apocalypse is called the fish-belt or the oar king, living at a depth of 200 to 1000 meters below the surface of the ocean. Its release to the surface for some nations is a harbinger of an imminent earthquake. The superstition is based on Japanese mythology. However, two years before the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, dozens of such sea creatures washed ashore.
However, experts believe that this theory of a possible earthquake has no basis. Hiroyuki Motomura, professor of ichthyology at Kagoshima University, believes that these fish tend to rise to the surface when their physical condition deteriorates badly. Therefore, they are often found dead.