Rare anglerfish spotted on San Diego beach

Researchers say the fish usually lives thousands of feet deep in the Pacific Ocean.

[jakedettman]

1:48 in case you wanted to know about the bumps on its side... “When a young, free-swimming male angler encounters a female, he latches onto her with his sharp teeth. Over time, the male physically fuses with the female, connecting to her skin and bloodstream and losing his eyes and all his internal organs except the testes. A female will carry six or more males on her body.”

[jefffuehr]

that ain’t a good sign

because that might mean that something is polluting the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, which could be forcing those fish out out the deep, and swim closer to shore in search of fresh clean water

so they might want to make sure that the bottom of the pacific isn’t getting polluted with oil or radioactive waste

[lemontea]

How can you mistake that for a jellyfish

[MaybeSomeday]

Imagine if it was still alive and he put it in a fish tank

[IntrepidFraidyCat]

Gorgeous girl! Those lumps on her sides are attached males. Anglerfish are bizarre but interesting.

[marie-josetimperley]

It’s too bad it wasn’t picked up and brought in for further study, it’s such a rare find!

[adamk]

That fella woulda been coming home with me and on eBay an hour later.

[kiskasweetybelle]

How did the body stay intact? That looks nothing like what the pressure of surfacing would do to its fish body.

[paullake]

Easy to check if fish is still alive by placing your fingers in it's mouth.

[Micstro.Iink-official]

I have a feeling I'm not alone on this, but Finding Nemo was my first time seeing an Angler fish.

[carsondouglas]

Its a sign. The odds of seeing a deep sea angler fish is 1 and 10. considering they rarely wash up on beaches and live more than 2, 000 ft below the sea. they never said whether it was dead or alive?

[OCVeritas]

Dredging is probably the cause. These creatures are probably being caught in commercial fishing nets and being tossed back into the ocean dead or alive, where the tides carry their carcasses to shore.

[anssiulmala]

That anglerfish is beautiful. She propably wanted to know what is up there but cannot survived because of more lower pressure. It was too late to go back.

[lisabloemers]

😵Well I just lost my desire to go there now but you can blame it on those that decided to intentionally cause an oil spill with that drill ship a week ago to get their way probably causing that anglefish to surface like it did!!

[dexyoutube]

imagine having this angler fish on your aquarium alive🔥

[jimb.]

*On the next episode of the Emmy-winning series "Damn, Nature! You Scary!"....*

[MrTroyman]

They’re beautiful in a scary, hideous way.

[donnyzapata]

Makes me wonder why these type of fish are coming out of the deep! Something is going on down there🤔

[elizabethcross]

I already know what to do If I come across that fish 🐠.... Swim, Run, scream while crying for my mama.

[Slayceos]

I'm surprised there's any fish even living at this point