You know what else sturgeons do! They can somehow reproduce with paddlefish to create a hybrid known as "sturddlefish", even though it seems like sturgeons and paddlefish would be too distantly related for this to be possible!
"Not as creepy as the abyssopelagic and hadopelagic zones, which even have names that sound like they were made up for a horror novel"
By weird coincidence I played a game called Dredge a while back, which introduced me to abyssal and hadal depths as a concept. It's a... Lovecraftian fishing game? The fish get creepier the further down you reel them from, which seems very appropriate.
Sounds like we need a list of most cosmic-horror bony fish! Should probably have a lists for the deep sea, as they are in their own league. I nominate the mola mola for most cosmic-horror shallow water!
the same way that dinosaurs aren't dragons and rhinos aren't unicorns-- they functionally are, but scientists have decided to draw a distinction between the mythologized form and the actual creature.
You know what else sturgeons do! They can somehow reproduce with paddlefish to create a hybrid known as "sturddlefish", even though it seems like sturgeons and paddlefish would be too distantly related for this to be possible!
...why is June 24 world oarfish day?
Is there a different, better day for it to be? :P
"Not as creepy as the abyssopelagic and hadopelagic zones, which even have names that sound like they were made up for a horror novel"
By weird coincidence I played a game called Dredge a while back, which introduced me to abyssal and hadal depths as a concept. It's a... Lovecraftian fishing game? The fish get creepier the further down you reel them from, which seems very appropriate.
Sounds like we need a list of most cosmic-horror bony fish! Should probably have a lists for the deep sea, as they are in their own league. I nominate the mola mola for most cosmic-horror shallow water!
How are oarfish not sea serpents?
the same way that dinosaurs aren't dragons and rhinos aren't unicorns-- they functionally are, but scientists have decided to draw a distinction between the mythologized form and the actual creature.
They don't do anything that sea serpents do, such as sink ships. At least I don't think they do.
I don't think "landmass" is the right word here.