Вот такую змеюку выловили в гавани Сиднея в 1954 году... Далее вставляю текст в оригинале, ибо не очень силен в качественном переводе.

А вот фотография ранее не опубликовывалась!

 

 

A LONG STORY IN SYDNEY
"I thought it must be the original sea monster," said fisherman Keith McRae, at left, who used a handline to haul in this 12-foot (4 meters) oarfish from Sydney Harbour in June 1954. Few photographs have ever been made of this species, Regalecus glesne, which can grow to 40 feet (12 meters) long and weigh as much as 650 pounds (300 kilograms). Though they rarely venture from deep-sea waters, the creatures do occasionally wash up on shore and are thought to have inspired centuries-old sailors' tales of sea serpents. This photograph has never before been published in the magazine.