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Bizarre Deep Sea Fish Dredged Up By Tsunami

Posted by michael on from the look-what-the-cat-dragged-in dept.

spankfish writes "The following page features numerous great pictures of bizarre and creepy deep-sea creatures which have been dredged up by the recent tsunami and presented by normal divers. Fascinating stuff! The page is in Russian, but it's all about the pictures." Update: 01/15 18:02 GMT by J : As those of you who read the comments have already realized, this is an urban legend.

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  1. Oops... by Guido+del+Confuso · · Score: 5, Informative

    They may be weird fish, but they sure didn't wash up on shore from the tsunami! This story just isn't true.

    http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/creature.asp

    1. Re:Oops... by Bon+bons · · Score: 5, Informative

      Here are where the pictures originally came from. As the above poster said the story is not true, but the sealife is real.

  2. One thing by dedazo · · Score: 5, Informative
    This is obviously a hoax, but if the "editors" understood even the most basic facts about tsunamis (and they have been in the news of late) they'd have known that a tsunami is inconsequential in deep water - it's only until the wave reaches the incline of the shore that it becomes a wall of water. Ergo, no "deep sea creatures" can be "dredged" up, not even bizarre ones.

    Otherwise I have to say... PwN3D

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