The Oarfish Mon 22nd Oct 2012
October 22, 2012 in Wildlife Village by Susan M
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Good Morning Everyone
Another strange creature from the depths of the sea……………….The Oarfish
There are many very strange creatures in deep ocean. There are many legends about most of them. The one of the strangest creature is a oarfish. Did you know what fish is longest and rarest in ocean? Yes, it’s oarfish.
Oarfish information
Oarfish is a Lampiform fish in the small family Regalecidae. It’s very long and slim fish. The total length of oarfish is about 36 feet. Weight is up to 600lb. Live oarfish has a very beautiful colored skin, but it quickly fades out when the oarfish died. It has a slim long body that tapering to a fine point. The first 10 to 12 of dorsal fin rays are elongated to varying degrees, forming a trailing crest. The mouse of oarfish is small and hasn’t any visible teeth.
Oarfish is a pelagic fish, it’s live in a depth up to 3300ft. Sometimes the oarfish accompany the shoals of herring, so it’s named “king of herring” in some languages. Maybe oarfish feed on the herring, but probably it feed on the zooplankton – some little minnows and shrimps.
Some facts about oarfish
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Another weird and wonderful creature for us!! This one I’d heard about, and if I’m not mistaken, I’ve seen it referred to as paddle fish also? What I didn’t know was the length they can grow to, and that they swim vertically, which seems most peculiar given the length of them!! Still, Nature creates according to her own designs!
Thanks Susan, for another interesting post xx
Morning, must dash back to work today and kids back to school ~ think the lurgy in our household has almost gone, although I’m not feeling too hot myself now
Will have a good read of your post Susan when I get home x
Hope you cope today Fiona and don’t go down with the bug xxx
Thank you for this morning’s interesting post, SUSAN – amazing video footage there too.
Haven’t caught up with all yesterday’s posts yet, so don’t know if this was posted:
Update from Lowes – Sunday 21st October – Migration Update and Winter Diary:
http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/
Portsmouth cat rescued from behind car dashboard:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20021980
Luxulyan Valley study into Phytophthora kernoviae plant disease:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20016855
Tibetan mountain finch rediscovered after 80 years:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20008988
Dolphin ‘sponging’ spans centuries:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19909635
Some of the links on this article are interesting too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Common_Bottlenose_Dolphin#p004p9mc
Brilliant Marion. I’d seen the mud beating footage before, but didn’t know about the sponge use, it just shows how intelligent and innovative they are. Thanks as ever for your links. xx
That is some fish Susan, a massive Lamprey!
Here is one of the Hoglets we are looking after the other was sleeping.
A wee cutie Peter! Looks to be thriving in your care, lucky for them that Claire found them when she did.
Ahh – He’s a cutie Peter. Looks very healthy and is thriving under Claire’s expert care.
She has done well with them now it is down to me till Friday. Claire is working in Nairn this week.
I’m sure you will cope Peter or you will be in trouble!
Susan – Thank you for today’s post. Another amazing creature you have found for us.What astonishing lengths they grow to.
I don’t know if anyone saw this in yesterdays Sunday Mail – re the Badger cull. The arrogance of the government minister Brian May encountered says it all. This article makes very interesting reading.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220734/This-cruel-badger-cull-pointless–I-prove-says-Queen-guitarist-Brian-May.html
I also watched the Trip up Trump documentary last night, yet another arrogant, jumped up swine!
Thanks for bringing that to our attention Julie,How can we spread that news?Dont do twitter but am on Facebook
Peter everything has gone Orange – Have we been Tango-ed?
I thought I would add a bit of Autumn colour.
Come clean Peter, you’ve bought a job-lot of paint from dodgy Dave in the market haven’t you??!! LOL
Hi Julie, hope you’re feeling better now? xx
I see – Pumpkin colour.
What about the broomsticks then ?
Not sure if Peter’s had the BRUSH-off, or won the SWEEP Angela!!
Dare I say this and keep my head. I was leaving it to you all to bring your own broom sticks
Oh dear,I was hoping for a new one,will have to get all the cob webs off it.!!!! And find the cat.
Hi all,
Another very interesting creature you have found for us Susan – thank you – what a shame the only video of a live one appears to be dying. I wonder why creatures come to the surface when they are ill you would think it is the last place they would want to be.
How do you manage to find so many interesting things for us Susan? Thank you
Peter your little hoglet is so cute,and thanks for all your work you do here and hope you are feeling better.
Very grey this morning..
Hi everyone, I see you are all in good humour this morning! SUSAN what an
amazing fish you have for us, never heard of it before and really can’t imagine
how it gets along swimming vertically with all the other fish horizontal, perhaps
they think its a pole to dance around! JULIE will read your link in a mo. can
imagine the Government Minister’s reaction though,and those of us who signed the anti petition can go along and meet our MP on Wednesday and let him know our feelings – if I still lived in Richmond I would go but living here it would mean putting Rosie into kennels for a night so hopefully others will let our voice be known.
PETER great to see your little hedgehog and how well he has done, I am sure you will
do a good job this week while Claire’s away.
Thinking of JOYCE and TONY today, hope all goes well.
Dx
An amusing little story from yesterday for you……
Diane came round yesterday, after returning from a week’s cruise on Saturday night, and as Bonnie had spent the week at Allen’s mum’s, she brought har round to see me – so far so good. We were on opposite sides of the fence, as I was cleaning Thumper’s hutch out, so he was free in the yard – Bonnie discovered a loose gate slat, and before we could stop her she was through! Diane quickly followed, but as soon as she came through the gate, so did Kai!! What ensued was akin to a cartoon, with one very startled rabbit being pursued in circles by a collie and a lab!!! Fortunately, there’s a small lean-to shed against the wall with a rabbit sized gap, which Thumper wedged himself into, by which time Diane & I had a dog each by the collar, and quickly marched them into the house!! Needless to say, I’ve been to B&Q to get nails, and have now secured a couple of gate slats!!! A lucky escape I think, and Diane said she’d never seen me react to anything so quickly!!!
You don’t like rabbit stew then…..
Haha!! I doubt there’d have been much worth salvaging had the dogs got him Eileen!! Fortunately, he has a good turn of pace!! lol
I’ve seen you run away from me at some speed! xx
Only until the chain snaps me back!!!
I DID give you key to the padlock, if you choose not to use it then that’s up to you! xx
Hello all, Well I’ve got the dreaded lurgy, and quite honestly did not feel like commenting on here, a little better today, can not see my laptop too well, due to runny eyes and hooter, will I ever stop moaning?
Thank you Susan for the weird oarfish this morning, I can imagine what the typo was the other day. lol Only seen this fish on TV or was it on YouTube? will look at the video later. Jacques they come to the surface for air, as do a lot of fishes who are in the throes of dying. Susan, seen you twitted on the live stream from Taiji. That seemed to be very strange, not you twittering but others commenting, don’t think anyone really knew what was going on! Good news from the Team last night though. A nice wave or three would hopefully do the trick!!
Savile story gets worse, watch tonight Panorama, and finally Autumn has not produced her calf yet. I’m not very keen on Greenville seems like a dump and not very well equipped, even the ground in pen is only raked over, she wants to have softer stuff like hay or sand for the calf’s landing. I can’t understand the reason behind keeping male and female in separate pens, for all this time. E xx Hope you are all well.
Eckeethump that’s a big ‘un! I’ve seen a programme on one these at some time and they really are massive. Brilliant post Susan, and very interesting, many thanks for the information you researched for us. xx
Perhaps it should be called the AWE fish!!! xx
OH DEAR NICK. LOL.
I know!!! LOL
Hope you’re feeling better soon George, and all those still under the weather
CHEERS Nick,
this village keeps me cheerfull.lol.
george.
hi all,
just to add my thanks to
Susan for the intresting post
and Marion for the many links.
still have the lurgy but think its
a little better.
i hope all those who have it will
soon feel better.
george.
Susan – another amazing sea creature that I’ve never seen before!!
Well, I walked with Tony as far as the theatre door, so his surgery must be half over by now. I have to ring at teatime to see how he is, and hopefully I’ll be able to go up to see him later on.
Thanks for all you good wishes, it’s really helping us both to know that so many people care. xxx
You’re welcome Joyce, all our love to you both xxx
Photos of Blue 44 in France – he looks gorgeous!http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/
Joyce, my love to you and Tony. I do hope he is on the road to recovery.
Jane xx
Hi Jane,
Thanks for the link – you beat me to to this time!!
He certainly does look great, doesn’t he?
Not been on much today – had a phone call from one of my closest friends this morning to say her Mum had died yesterday and her mother-in-law today, so my thoughts have been elsewhere, I am afraid.
Hope all is well with you,
Marion xx
Oh dear Marion – so sorry for your friend – that is a lot to cope with. She obviously needs you at the moment xxx
Marion – so sorry to hear about your friend’s news – thats awful for her to lose both mums at the same time. I know how that is as my mum and my brother’s partner’s mum both died within days of each other too so my brother had two mums die in the same week. Thinking of you at this sad time and also loving thoughts to your friend xxx
He looks great, so lucky to get these photos,thank you Jane for bringing the
update across.
Dx
Thanks for that link Jane – isn’t it lovely to see him looking so well and settled. Thank you Stephanie we appreciate your lovely photos xxx
Beautiful photos Jane – so wonderful to see our little Blue 44 looking so well and fit – Living the high life in France must agree with him!
PETER – a lovely photo of the hoglet, hope you look after them well this week!
JOYCE – hope all has gone well with Tony’s op today – my thoughts and prayers were with you both.
EILEEN – hope you are soon feeling better, also GEORGE
Marion x
THANK YOU MARION.
GEORGE.
Thanks Marion, think I caught it from Julia, told her not to pass it onto me…lol…
Just got back from the hospital.
Tony is wide awake and very cheerful – he is being closely monitored at the moment in the ‘Step Down’ ward, and should go back to his own room tomorrow. The surgeon says everything went according to plan, and he is very pleased.
I’ve been invited next door for some supper, so maybe I’ll see you later.
Thanks for all your uplifting thoughts and prayers. It’s really helping.
Tony will be home. Give him a hug from us when you see him
Love Dx
Joyce – that is such good news – you must be so relieved. Tony will be skipping around like a two year old before you know it. Enjoy your supper. Love to you both xxx
That’s lovely to hear,enjoy your supper.xx
Hi Joyce – so pleased that everything went well for Tony today – please give him my love and another hug – he will be all hugged out by the time you’ve delivered them all from the Village! He will be up and about before you know it – and looking forward to another steam train trip! love Jill xxx (oh and a hug for you too! ) x
Good evening Villagers all, hope you have enjoyed your day. Reading back here for the day makes me think that some of you have been feeling quite ‘frivolous’ – love all those emoticons – and the postings too of course.
SUSAN Once again we see another extraordinary creature – well, fish. I had never heard of that species and am trying to imagine it ‘swimming’ along vertically. It looks as though there aren’t many left in the sea, but at least they won’t have been fished to extinction for their meat. Thank you for all the info.
I must confess that I first went to the Lowes blog today, just to see what news there might be of our Blue 44/Toton and Blue YD. Delight of delights, there were super photos of Blue44 thanks to Stephanie. Seeing him ‘in the flesh’ as it were, really helps with the ENS I do hope he stays in that part of France. Who knows, perhaps someone may emerge in Mauretania who could send us a photo of Blue YD.
JOYCE dear. By now I expect you have been able to see your Tony as he returned from his operation. I hope that all went well so that you can both now look forward to a complete recovery and a future fulfilling all your plans together.
PETER hi. It’s great to see you posting here again today and I LOVE the colours here! Thanks for bringing us a photo of one of your rescued hoglets – better take extra good care of them both while Claire is away! I really hope that you are now well on the way to recovering complete health.
MARION Thank you for your links today. I am now going back to read all of them.It looks as though you might be feeling a little low after receiving the sad news from your friend. I wouldn’t feel in the least like posting under such circumstances.
Will we soon have some more of your own ‘Hedgehog antics’? First though, do take care of yourself.
To all of you who are feeling under the weather, be sure to give yourselves some cossetting and get well soon – preferably before we are hit by the icy blasts I see are forecast to pounce on us very soon!
Hmmmm time for a Sherry methinks. Back later.
http://news.uk.msn.com/comment-and-analysis/uk-weather-blood-rain-to-fall-on-britain-ahead-of-halloween
Found this on MSN today and wondered if anyone else had seen it – look out for the red rain! Also get prepared for the heatwave followed by snow! lol lol what strange weather!
Thanks for that link Jill. I couldn’t understand why I was so hot last night
then realised it had turned a great deal warmer today so now we must expect
snow by the end of the week (well maybe not in the south). Hope they are not
proved right about the extreme cold later on during the winter and if that is
the case wonder how cold it will get where Blue44 is staying at the moment.
Hope alls well with you, did you do anything exciting in the end over the weekend?
Dx
Hi Deirdre – I’m also wondering if it will get cold down here too – it was certainly very mild out today! No sign of any red rain though, just drizzle lol
And it never stopped raining all day yesterday so I decided not to go on the walk after all – I didn’t see the sense in getting soaked! Hopefully next weekend will be drier and I can always go walking in the forest on my own and see if I can find any fungi! Hope you are all ok – give Rosie a tickle for me. Love Jill xxx
So far Jill we are escaping all the coughs and colds but we do take
Fish Oils everyday, and have had less colds over the last couple of
years as a result. Woods here have some interesting fungi but really
really muddy and very slippery so hope it dries out a bit mainly for
Rosie’s sake with her little legs!
Dx
Poor little legs Rosie…mine still get awfully muddy on their legs bellies and skirts. E x
Hi DEIDRE and JILL, It’s so difficult to try and imagine how it will feel by the end of the week, all that freezing weather. Down here, we have been blessed with really mild and sometimes sunny weather for almost all of the last week, shall keep an eye open for any red rain. Unfortunately there is too much light pollution to see any shooting stars. I too, Deidre have been thinking about Blue 44/Toton and the possibility of weather too cold for him to survive. I think I shall start trying to see a long range forecast for that part of France. All we can hope for is that a drop in temperature might trigger something in Blue 44 to take flight to warmer climes.
Another tickle behind the ears for Rosie from me.
JOYCE So glad to see that your Tony has had a successful operation. Now you will be able to have a really good night’s sleep. Blessings on you both.xxx
Hi Rosy, I’m sure Blue44 will feel the need and know he has to reach warmer climes.
I would like him to stay where he is but I can’t believe it will be warm enough. Do
let us know if you find any info on a long range forecast. Rosie is fast asleep
on the sofa at the moment, has a mad turn full of fun for an hour or so early
evening then crashes out next to one of us before her last trip round the garden,
and then sleeps well all night, she follows the same pattern every night!
Dx
What a delightful picture you paint Deidre, of Rosie’s way of life – a creature of habit obviously! On the subject of dogs, a woman got on the bus today with the most beautiful dark brown Spaniel puppy. She said that it was only 3 months old and so excited, this being his first time on a bus. Attached to his collar was a label with Hearing Dog on it. I didn’t have an opportunity to talk to the lady very much, but I don’t think he would have had much training as yet, being so young. He had the most soulful eyes as he gazed up into her face whilst having his ears fondled in an effort to calm him down a little. He was adorable.
Joyce, Hope you have had a good supper and that Tony’s health will now improve. Love to both of you. George, hope you are also getting over the lergy or lurgy???
I said earlier that where Autumn is, it looks like a dump and I still stand by that, as I don’t think the public can see where the pens are but they have been swept, cleaned out had 6 people cleaning it at one stage, and would think this is the first time in yonks it has had such a right old clean-out, disinfected and water-jetted, getting the nursery ready. (this am and pm) She has been lactating for a couple of days now, calving imminent I presume.
Panorama 10.30. this evening, might as well watch it, watched scum-bag Trump last night. I’ll say nite nite sleep well everyone. Eileen xx
What on earth are those squiggly little things…I put question marks and got ??? E x
Just had a quick catch up – I can remember a few years ago we got sahara dust so red rain must be similar.
Night night everyone – sweet dreams xxx
Night night sleep well xx