Friday Smorgasbord: Monster snails, fluorescent protein and more
Welcome to the last Friday of spring and another edition of the Friday Smorgasbord. We kick this week off with this image of monster Trochus snails from British LFS Ocean Corals. The monster snails are actually Trochus niloticus, a species native to the Indo-Pacific region that was once fished for because of its lustrous mother-of-pearl layer. Read More
Puzzling creature washed ashore thought to be rare oarfish
A strange looking creature found along the Florida coastline by a couple out on a stroll is thought to be an oarfish. As the longest of the “bony” fishes, the oarfish can average lengths up to 26 ft. in length. “It just rolled up on the beach in front of us,” Carolyn Hoffman told the Read More
Juvenile oarfish offered up for sale in Japan
The oarfish, Trachipterus trachypterus, is a mysterious creature of the open ocean which has been the root of many a fisherman’s tale over the span of human history. There are four described species of oarfish with one species growing up to 56 feet (17 meters) long and it is the longest bony fish ever recorded. Read More