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Rare Oarfish Appears in Shallow Waters Off Mexican Beach

Beachgoers were shocked to find a https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/06/anglers-snatch-mysterious-oarfish-from-jaws-of-sharks">rarely seen oarfish swimming in the shallow waters of a Baja California Sur beach in Mexico on Sunday, February 9. Footage from Robert Hayes shows the iridescent fish flailing in the shallows, before a man attempts to return it to deeper water. "The fish swam straight at us, lifting its head above the water about two inches," Hayes told Storyful. "We redirected it three times out to the water, but it came back each time." According to Hayes, the man seen holding the oarfish in the footage said he would bring it to a marine biologist, assuming the fish was injured. Oarfish are deep-water fish that have been known to grow up to https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/oarfish/">36 feet long , and are https://coastalanglermag.com/3-meter-oarfish-appears-on-baja-california-sur-beach/">rarely spotted in shallow waters. (Footage by Robert Hayes/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Beachgoers were shocked to find a https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/06/anglers-snatch-mysterious-oarfish-from-jaws-of-sharks">rarely seen oarfish swimming in the shallow waters of a Baja California Sur beach in Mexico on Sunday, February 9. Footage from Robert Hayes shows the iridescent fish flailing in the shallows, before a man attempts to return it to deeper water. "The fish swam straight at us, lifting its head above the water about two inches," Hayes told Storyful. "We redirected it three times out to the water, but it came back each time." According to Hayes, the man seen holding the oarfish in the footage said he would bring it to a marine biologist, assuming the fish was injured. Oarfish are deep-water fish that have been known to grow up to https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/oarfish/">36 feet long , and are https://coastalanglermag.com/3-meter-oarfish-appears-on-baja-california-sur-beach/">rarely spotted in shallow waters. (Footage by Robert Hayes/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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