All fish have an organ to detect pressure changes in the water. I would expect any fish to notice vibrations very quickly, but the migratory capability, more pronounced organs of the oarfish (to counteract deep sea darkness) and their uncommon appearance might be a combination that makes them stand out when disturbed. Were they less noteworthy, there is a chance they wouldn't be associated with earthquakes.
So, interesting story. I live in Baltimore, Maryland. For those who don't know, Maryland does not have earthquakes. in 2011, a 5.8 earthquake hit Richmond, Virginia, that we felt in Baltimore. That day, right before I felt the ground shift underneath me, my cat climbed my leg in clear fear. He has never done that before or since. Even more telling, I know someone who was volunteering at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, watching the dolphin exhibit. She saw them flee with erratic movement that could have been terror right before the earthquake. Luckily she was writing down her observations and her name is now on a research paper describing how cetaceans can sense earthquakes.
Shit I think us east coasters remember where we were when that quake happened. I was sittin at my parents house in Midlothian, Virginia playing the Xbox 360 when I felt shaking. I was like "naw that can't be a quake those never really happen here at least not strong enough to be felt".
Also the quake actually hit the small town of Mineral, Virginia... But it was widespread enough to affect the larger cities of the area including Baltimore, DC, and Richmond.
Elephants detecting seismic phenomena through their feet? It is August, 2024, and I have been in Encino, CA for weeks. We have been living barefoot here. It helps us know what is happening!
My mom says if you drive in between two cow pastures and both herds in each pasture are laying down that its a way to tell if theres going to be an earth quake or there have been small earth quakes. Or maybe they're just tired, idk lol. I definitely think animals and humans subconscious's are worth studying though. Who knows what it could show us.
When you talked about your book Orly the Oarfish, I was like "Oh wait, I remember you!" I watched your reaction to Casual Geographic a few months ago and you mentioned you were writing a book that had a dumbo octopus as a character xD
Nice studio, Maria! I hope Italy is treating you well. I found it difficult to concentrate on some of the video, because "Hey, here's an amazing sea creature! Now here's a photo of a bunch of men standing around holding a dead one and smiling like they just ... ate cake." (The G-rated version of my thought) So, I paused, and had a silent diatribe about illegal Japanese whaling, then came back to the video. It's disappointing to see that the science doesn't support the myth, but I wouldn't have the news delivered by anyone other than Sea&me. 😁 I wish humans would spend their time and effort on other ways to predict earthquakes, and on *saving* marine life from them rather than looking to them for help. We've done enough damage to this world. An excellent video! My thoughts are flowing, and I feel informed and entertained. Thank you!!👍
Loved the pronunciation of the japanese word, for a second I thought, wait is this really you?!? Thank you for the respect. Would love to see a video about atlantis, theory or fact.
Earthquakes in the 30 days after the oarfish sighting? That's quite a long time in terms of earthquakes. This sounds like a "Wolves howl at the Moon" thing. Wolves howl all the time but one night you notice the Full Moon rising when you hear one. The USGS has a "latest earthquakes" page that'll let you look around and list earthquakes in a particular area or worldwide. It can be fun to "watch" an uninhabited island somewhere in the Aleutian arc rumbling, or the Hawaiian hotspot burbling away to itself. They recently recorded a couple off the coast of Italy, both over 300 km down, which is a long way down for an earthquake. There's also a consistent West Texas cluster and I really want to know why. Anyway, last day, by magnitude, down to the 5.0: 5.4; 40 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:22:04 (UTC); 48.4 km 5.3; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-03 02:02:39 (UTC); 59.7 km 5.3; 40 km NE of Hinatuan, Philippines; 2023-12-02 19:57:09 (UTC); 75.8 km 5.3; 61 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 19:17:00 (UTC); 24.2 km 5.3; 33 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 17:02:02 (UTC); 59.0 km 5.3; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:46:24 (UTC); 56.6 km 5.3; 58 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:42:48 (UTC); 27.4 km 5.3; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:00:08 (UTC); 40.5 km 5.2; 40 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-03 04:41:51 (UTC); 42.7 km 5.2; 41 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-03 03:36:24 (UTC); 63.0 km 5.2; Seram, Indonesia; 2023-12-03 02:39:55 (UTC); 10.0 km 5.2; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-02 19:37:03 (UTC); 61.2 km 5.2; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-02 18:01:23 (UTC); 42.5 km 5.2; 65 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 16:13:22 (UTC); 53.1 km 5.2; 55 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:50:41 (UTC); 61.5 km 5.1; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-03 04:59:15 (UTC); 50.3 km 5.1; 37 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines; 2023-12-03 03:28:19 (UTC); 76.2 km 5.1; 42 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines; 2023-12-02 21:46:42 (UTC); 59.6 km 5.1; 35 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 21:07:50 (UTC); 39.0 km 5.1; 20 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines; 2023-12-02 19:54:18 (UTC); 67.4 km 5.1; 55 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines; 2023-12-02 17:31:38 (UTC); 41.5 km 5.1; 41 km NE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 16:34:26 (UTC); 53.8 km 5.1; 25 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:21:00 (UTC); 11.3 km 5.0; 53 km E of Marihatag, Philippines; 2023-12-03 09:45:36 (UTC); 51.7 km 5.0; Philippine Islands region; 2023-12-03 05:27:55 (UTC); 54.0 km 5.0; 58 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines; 2023-12-02 22:45:21 (UTC); 68.7 km 5.0; 100 km ENE of Masohi, Indonesia; 2023-12-02 18:28:36 (UTC); 21.0 km 5.0; Mindanao, Philippines; 2023-12-02 17:49:43 (UTC); 85.0 km 5.0; 68 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines; 2023-12-02 15:29:32 (UTC); 36.3 km All of that in 1 day. There'll probably be just as many every day for the next 30 days, and for the 30 days after them. At some point, someone'll spot an oarfish, and the next earthquake will be just after that oarfish sighting. Last 30 days, just around Japan: 5.8; 85 km E of Yokohama, Japan; 2023-11-19 21:01:30 (UTC); 41.0 km 5.3; 12 km ENE of Ibusuki, Japan; 2023-11-10 20:50:30 (UTC); 108.1 km 5.2; 135 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia; 2023-11-28 03:37:49 (UTC); 35.0 km 4.8; Izu Islands, Japan region; 2023-11-19 06:35:37 (UTC); 10.0 km 4.8; 124 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan; 2023-11-26 01:47:08 (UTC); 22.2 km 4.7; 69 km ENE of Minami-Sōma, Japan; 2023-11-05 17:10:08 (UTC); 51.9 km 4.7; Kuril Islands; 2023-11-27 10:44:09 (UTC); 49.1 km 4.7; 11 km SE of Katsuura, Japan; 2023-11-29 15:48:53 (UTC); 70.8 km 4.7; near the east coast of Honshu, Japan; 2023-12-01 03:52:13 (UTC); 52.2 km 4.6; off the east coast of Honshu, Japan; 2023-11-05 05:16:42 (UTC); 36.5 km 4.6; 248 km E of Yamada, Japan; 2023-11-09 09:45:03 (UTC); 10.0 km 4.6; 2 km SW of Machida, Japan; 2023-11-10 01:00:10 (UTC); 110.8 km 4.6; 28 km S of Arai, Japan; 2023-11-27 20:35:22 (UTC); 299.8 km 4.6; Kuril Islands; 2023-11-28 06:56:45 (UTC); 121.1 km 4.5; 17 km SE of Nemuro, Japan; 2023-11-04 13:16:20 (UTC); 60.8 km 4.5; 63 km SW of Kurio, Japan; 2023-11-11 13:02:41 (UTC); 35.0 km 4.5; Izu Islands, Japan region; 2023-11-16 02:49:28 (UTC); 479.5 km 4.5; near the east coast of Honshu, Japan; 2023-11-25 01:54:37 (UTC); 71.3 km 4.5; 72 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan; 2023-11-26 18:25:10 (UTC); 57.0 km 4.5; Ryukyu Islands, Japan; 2023-11-27 15:23:45 (UTC); 10.0 km 4.5; eastern Honshu, Japan; 2023-12-01 02:14:40 (UTC); 63.3 km If Japan goes 30 days _without_ a 4.5+ earthquake, the people there should worry.
Wow Maria! Didn't know that you are here in Italy! By the way... last summer on the beach (northern adriatic sea) I found some strange "things" kinda like a jellyfish about 20 cm long shaped as a boat (no tentacles) with a brown "ball" inside... Do you know what those things could be ?
Yeah, that would be an explanation for why they sometimes come to the surface, but unfortunately they are so rarely seen that I'm not sure if we would have a big enough sample to properly assess a correlation.
Thank you for making this video! Oarfish are one of my favorite animals and I love research about them. The ocean is just a very mysterious place and I love learning more about it. ❤ ❤❤
Such a shame that these amazing fish have this horrible stigma hanging over them. I'd rather we actually study them with no negative stereotypes attached.
@@Seamemaria thanks for your effort and quick answer! I will keep an eye open for related articles aswell. I have the theory, that they might forcefully change their gender by traveling to the top. Might be farfetch'd and im not a profi at all, but it seems fitting. Maybe japan and its surrounding isles had a "monsun"-like and re-occuring climate phenomenom, to which oar fishes got used to. A cycle of vulcanic eruptions or something in that range.
I'm skeptical of everything without absolute proof. However, I have a soft spot for cultural beliefs. I have my own beliefs that make zero sense to even me. I think beluga whales know something and can see something none of us can. All while never having seen a beluga in my life and only having been to the ocean shore once. All based on a dream that was the 2nd most incredible dream I have had in my life. (I don't do hallucinogens, though I bet some of my dreams surpass anything they could provide) (I don't due them due to bad experiences AND a genetic history of severe mental illness) Edit: My belief is harmless and I can never claim it to be fact. It's my personal belief. I can't put it upon others either.
