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Earthquake Fish

26 points by teleforce 3y ago

cosmojg 3y ago
Oh wow, everything from the website design to the writing style evokes so much nostalgia. It's delightfully underpolished and vulnerable in a way that's harder to find in today's world of engagement engineering and SEO. What a lovely little travel blog!
lucb1e 3y ago
10 points, 1 comment, aaaand it's down https://web.archive.org/web/20240210154636/https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=951:earthquake-fish-academia-sinicabetty-lin&catid=163:biosphere-and-nature&Itemid=210 https://web.archive.org/web/20240210154636/https://culture.t... only says in chinese "Hello. Your IP address has been blocked" Edit: original page loaded after several minutes. I do not understand what this is about, it seems to be a rundown of several fish in a museum with some random descriptions like "this one's skin is like sandpaper" and "these sharks ate its siblings in mommy's belly because they were hungry". As for the earthquake thing, the only mention in the whole article (after the title) are these couple words near the middle of the article: > The first thing to catch your attention when you visit is the five meter long “giant oarfish”, also known as “earthquake fish” on display. Actually there is no solid evidence to prove that the appearance of the fish is connected to impending earthquakes. No further descriptions of the lore or anything, this is all the info the article has to offer
neonate 3y ago
http://web.archive.org/web/20240210155053/https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=951:earthquake-fish-academia-sinicabetty-lin&catid=163:biosphere-and-nature&Itemid=210 http://web.archive.org/web/20240210155053/https://culture.te...
billfor 3y ago
Another great (free) museum is the Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo. Many of the parasites on display there affect fish only - I think they're some of the worst looking ones... https://www.kiseichu.org/e-top https://www.kiseichu.org/e-top
lolc 3y ago
The article says that fish are getting smaller due to the warming climate. I'd read about overfishing causing fish to mature faster, and being smaller. But maybe it's different species?
- pvaldes 3y ago
  Both, but the universal reaction to overfishing would be the major actor here. We do exactly the same, accelerating puberty when the life expectancy decreases.

26 points by teleforce 3y ago

Oh wow, everything from the website design to the writing style evokes so much nostalgia. It's delightfully underpolished and vulnerable in a way that's harder to find in today's world of engagement engineering and SEO. What a lovely little travel blog!

lucb1e 3y ago

10 points, 1 comment, aaaand it's down https://web.archive.org/web/20240210154636/https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=951:earthquake-fish-academia-sinicabetty-lin&catid=163:biosphere-and-nature&Itemid=210 https://web.archive.org/web/20240210154636/https://culture.t... only says in chinese "Hello. Your IP address has been blocked" Edit: original page loaded after several minutes. I do not understand what this is about, it seems to be a rundown of several fish in a museum with some random descriptions like "this one's skin is like sandpaper" and "these sharks ate its siblings in mommy's belly because they were hungry". As for the earthquake thing, the only mention in the whole article (after the title) are these couple words near the middle of the article: > The first thing to catch your attention when you visit is the five meter long “giant oarfish”, also known as “earthquake fish” on display. Actually there is no solid evidence to prove that the appearance of the fish is connected to impending earthquakes. No further descriptions of the lore or anything, this is all the info the article has to offer

neonate 3y ago

http://web.archive.org/web/20240210155053/https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=951:earthquake-fish-academia-sinicabetty-lin&catid=163:biosphere-and-nature&Itemid=210 http://web.archive.org/web/20240210155053/https://culture.te...

billfor 3y ago

Another great (free) museum is the Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo. Many of the parasites on display there affect fish only - I think they're some of the worst looking ones... https://www.kiseichu.org/e-top https://www.kiseichu.org/e-top

lolc 3y ago

The article says that fish are getting smaller due to the warming climate. I'd read about overfishing causing fish to mature faster, and being smaller. But maybe it's different species?

pvaldes 3y ago
Both, but the universal reaction to overfishing would be the major actor here. We do exactly the same, accelerating puberty when the life expectancy decreases.