Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach
- Posted on November 21, 2025
- By The Guardian
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Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach

The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dying