Found this in an article on the Taiwan quake.
One of the most quake-prone countries in the world, Japan has been getting jittery, especially since several ultra-rare deep-sea oarfish have washed ashore.
The huge dragon-like fish, believed to be the genesis of sea monster legends, are a traditional earthquake omen. They normally remain in the dark depths below 600 feet where they can grow to be 50 feet long. Japanese folklore has long held that whenever a giant oarfish shows up in a fishing net, a major tremor is nigh.
In recent weeks, more than two dozen of the mysterious giant oarfish have washed ashore or been found dead in fishing nets off Japan's northern coast.
Experts are baffled. "I don't know why so many were found almost simultaneously," an aquarium official told the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...#ixzz0hccomxHM