{"id":7564,"date":"2025-02-20T18:47:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/video-shows-a-rare-doomsday-fish-off-the-coast-of-mexico\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:47:49","slug":"video-shows-a-rare-doomsday-fish-off-the-coast-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/video-shows-a-rare-doomsday-fish-off-the-coast-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Shows a Rare \u2018Doomsday\u2019 Fish Off the Coast of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The elusive oarfish, a creature nicknamed the \u201cdoomsday fish\u201d because of its place in folklore as a precursor to disaster, was captured on video this month after it was seen in shallow water in Baja California Sur, along Mexico\u2019s Pacific Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A group of people who were visiting the area spotted the fish swimming near a beach on Feb. 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Oarfish have an eel-like slender body and gaping mouth, but the sea-monster-like creatures have been rarely seen by people. As of August, only 20 oarfish had been recorded after they washed up along the coast of California since 1901, according to the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/scripps.ucsd.edu\/news\/fish-experts-study-rare-deep-sea-oarfish-lab\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scripps Institution of Oceanography<\/a>, though one was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/21\/us\/doomsday-fish-california-oarfish.html\" title=\"\">seen in California<\/a> as recently as November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Japanese mythology, oarfish are viewed as harbingers of doom, signaling impending earthquakes. 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