Phuket deep sea creatures washed ashore after the tsunami ... allegedly
June 19th 2007 14:38
So there was an e-mail circulating in 2005:
| Phuket Deep Sea Creatures - Found At Seaside After TSUNAMI
As everyone knows, the tsunami in Southeast Asia was devastating both in the loss of life and economically to the region. However now that the clean up is underway in the region, deep sea creatures that live too deep to be studied are being found scattered throughout the wreckage. These creatures were washed up on shore when the waves hit. Amazing what lives so far below the surface isn't it? |
Now, as it turns out, the e-mail was a hoax. But the fish are probably real...
Note: names of the fish are as per the e-mail.
Note: names of the fish are as per the e-mail.
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Lizard fish
Prickly shark
Chimaera pup
Blob fish
Umbrella mouth gulper eel
Aphyonus
Basketwork eel
Chimaera fish
Coffinfish
Crab
Fangtooth
Hatchetfish
Shovel nosed lobster
Stargazer
Stone crab
Tongue sole
Viperfish
Black dragonfish
Swimmer crab
Sea spider
Oreo dory
Firefly squid
Gunard
Carrier shell
Blind lobster
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Comment by D. Armenta
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Umbrella mouth gulper eel : Black Gulper (National Geographic, 1968) "Deep sea creatures"
Crab: I've seen these diving here in Florida, hiding deep in rock and coral fissures. They're quite big.
Shovel nosed lobster: Looks a lot like a slipper lobster to me; I've seen these here too. They also hide in fissures.
Stargazer: There is such a fish, but this looks more like a grouper. Stargazers' eyes are upturned, hence the name.
Stone crab: Unless there are more than one species of stone crab, this is not one.
Black dragonfish: Looks like a deep-sea fish from the same Nat'l Geo article, called an Angler fish.
Sea spider: Looks like a species of Arrow crab, which I've also seen diving here.
Great post.
Comment by Adrian
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Apologies, incidentally, for the fact that this post is simply a copy and paste of an e-mail forward! Main reason I included it was that I'm working on something about monsters, and this kind of illustrated some of the points.
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by Melissa White
THIS big octopus was washed ashore on a Frankston beach opposite Long Island.
The huge sea creature was photographed by Frankston resident Peter Dwyer, who discovered it recently while on a morning walk with his dogs.
"It was about 1.5m from head to tentacle tip, as positioned in the photograph, so splayed out it would be a bit under two metres I’d think," said Mr Dwyer.
He believed the creature was ill.
"The octopus was unwell and lay in the wash on the sandbank," he said.
After taking the photograph, Mr Dwyer continued his walk and on the return leg noticed the creature had disappeared.