Examples of oarfish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mermaids, sea serpents, manatees and giant oarfish may not appear to have much in common. — Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020 A few days prior to the whale's discovery, marine science instructor Jasmine Santana found the 18-foot-long body of an oarfish while snorkeling off the coast of nearby Catalina Island. — Rebecca Deczynski, Woman's Day, 18 Oct. 2013 Deep-sea oarfish are the spitting-image of sea serpents. — Chris Reeves, The Atlantic, 11 July 2017 Marine biologists are eager to learn more about the oarfish and its neighbors—surprisingly, so are biomechanicists. — Rachel Brown, National Geographic, 17 Feb. 2017 A marine biology instructor spotted the carcass of an 18-foot oarfish — nature’s answer to the mythical sea serpent — while snorkeling. — Daniela Hernandez, WIRED, 19 Oct. 2013 Earlier this month, an oarfish, a creature usually found in mesopelagic zones 200 to 1,000 feet below sea level, became the subject of fascination after surfacing in Carmen, Agusan Del Norte. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 27 Feb. 2017

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