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In a small fishing village Bovallstrand in western coast of Sweden, a passerby  found a giant herring that measures 11.4 feet long. The giant fish is known for its name oarfish which can grow from 8 meters up to 17 meters long.  The scientific name is regalecus glesne. The maritime museum said that it took 130 years to see that kind of specie again in their coast. Passerby Kurt Ove Eriksson said, “Down at the water, there was something big floating. At first we thought it was a big piece of plastic. But then we saw an eye. I went down to check and saw that it was this extremely strange fish,” , told daily Svenska Dagbladet. “The last time we saw a King of Herrings in Sweden was in 1879,” the House of the Sea museum in Lysekil, where the fish was taken to, said in a statement. “We don’t know much about the species,” it said, “but believe it lives in deep waters, at least 1000 meters (3280 feet) deep, and many believe it’s at the origin of the sea serpent myth,” or stories of mythological sea creatures like the Loch Ness Monster. It is now kept frozen at a museum and it might be added as an exhibit of sea monsters. 11-Foot Giant Oarfish Found Dead Along Western Coast Of Sweden is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →