Weekly Video - Sea Serpents

Ever wonder where the legends of sea serpents come from? The oarfish is a pelagic Lampriform fish that can grow up to 30 feet long. (One species with the amusing name "king of herrings" holds a record of 56 feet in length.) This is what one looks like when we see them at the surface:



Amazingly, the oarfish was recently caught on camera in the Gulf of Mexico:



Utterly insane stuff. This is just a reminder of all that we have yet to learn about the inhabitants of our world's oceans.