{"id":140469,"date":"2025-02-18T05:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140469"},"modified":"2025-02-18T05:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:22:43","slug":"video-rare-oarfish-washes-up-on-mexico-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140469","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Rare oarfish washes up on Mexico beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-st53ozme8ihmfzum\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/320\/179\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/640\/358\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/768\/432\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/1536\/864\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/992\/558\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/1984\/1116\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37882698160\/992\/558\/lvn6aosauhtmswml.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"An oarfish was found on a beach in Mexico on Feb. 9. Beachgoers were surprised to see the unsual-looking fish. Oarfish typically stay in the deep sea and only come to shallow water if they're injured or dying.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">An oarfish was found on a beach in Mexico on Feb. 9. Beachgoers were surprised to see the unsual-looking fish. Oarfish typically stay in the deep sea and only come to shallow water if they&#8217;re injured or dying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, Mexico \u2013<\/strong> A rare deep<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>sea fish was recently found on a beach in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Video from Feb. 9 showed the long, silvery fish washing onto the shores of Playa El Quemado, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/beaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beach<\/a> in Baja California Sur.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu\/discover-fish\/species-profiles\/oarfish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Museum<\/a>, oarfish are typically found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ocean<\/a> depths ranging from 650 feet to more than 3,200 feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Beachgoers in the video echoed their surprise at seeing the unusual-looking fish on the beach. Robert Hayes recorded the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/oarfish-storyful-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Silvery oarfish flops around on beach in Mexico.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Silvery oarfish flops around on beach in Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Robert Hayes via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Oarfish are usually only seen at the surface of the water when they have been injured or are dying, according to the museum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In the video, the flat-bodied fish swims around in the shallow water before it lays flat on the beach, out of water.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A bystander picks up the oarfish to try and help it get back into deeper water. &#8220;This is amazing, it&#8217;s the smallest one (oarfish) I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8221; the man said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/deep-sea-anglerfish-spotted-shallow-water-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SEE IT: NIGHTMARISH DEEP-SEA FISH SPOTTED SWIMMING IN SHALLOWER WATERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/oarfish-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A man picks up an oarfish that washed up in Mexico on Feb. 9.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A man picks up an oarfish that washed up in Mexico on Feb. 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Robert Hayes via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Oarfish can grow up to 36 feet in length, according to the museum. The one in the video appeared to be on the smaller side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The fish have long, flat bodies with reddish-orange dorsal fin rays that run the entire length of the animal&#8217;s body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Oarfish have small mouths with no visible teeth, according to the Florida Museum. Their bodies get the silver appearance from guanine, not scales.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/oarfish-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Oarfish tries to swim away after washing up on a beach in Mexico.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Oarfish tries to swim away after washing up on a beach in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Robert Hayes via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In a later clip of the video, the fish tries to swim away but doesn&#8217;t get too far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The fish swam straight at us, lifting its head above the water about two inches,&#8221; Hayes told Storyful. &#8220;We redirected it three times out to the water, but it came back each time.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Hayes told Storyful that the man who picked up the fish in the video said he would bring it to a marine biologist, assuming the oarfish was injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/rare-oarfish-found-mexico-beach\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An oarfish was found on a beach in Mexico on Feb. 9. 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