Rare herring king discovered in Australia

A resident of the Australian city of Penguin, located on the coast of Tasmania, discovered a rare deep—sea fish - a three-meter long strap-on, which is also called the Doomsday fish. This was reported on November 21 by The Guardian newspaper.

As explained by ichthyologist Professor Culum Brown from Macquarie University, a rare herring king washed up on the coast. He explained that there are several types of strap—on teeth, but the one found in Penguin is the largest known at the moment.

"This is a very unusual fish. It is long and thin, looks like a ribbon, with a solid dorsal fin. Such fish appear on the surface only when they are sick or dying," Brown said.

For most of their lives, such fish live at depths of more than 900 m and almost never rise to the surface. According to legend, their appearance on the shore portends cataclysms. So, in Japanese folklore they were called messengers of the sea god.

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In July, it was reported that in the Redkino-2 quarry deforestation zone in the Ruzsky district of the Moscow Region, local residents noticed a pair of gray cranes listed in the Red Book of the region. According to the Ministry of Ecology, only 150-170 pairs of this bird live in the region. Local residents stated that in 2021, more than 20 species of Red Book plants and animals were recorded on the territory of the planned logging. However, a re-examination conducted in the winter and spring of 2024 did not confirm them.

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