Nature s beautiful horror a crafty species
Author of the article: Shari Kulha
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • May 14, 2021 • 2 minute read • This anglerfish, presumed to be a Pacific Football Fish, washed up on the shore of a state park last weekend. And yes, it is the same species as the one in Finding Nemo. Photo by Ben Estes / Crystal Cove State Park
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With its football-shaped flat, jet-black body, tiny eyes, translucent teeth and oh yeah a fleshy phosphorescent bulb dangling in front of its mouth, the Pacific Footballfish is not something you see on the regular. In fact, to see an actual angler fish intact is very rare, so it was a surprise when beachgoer Ben Estes came across this one.
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For while our region is famous brimming with buildings, freeways, and the sorts of spaces that humans so regularly occupy, we also live next door to nature, from our canyons to our hilltops to the big blue span of water to our west.
Updated 12:55 p.m.: A dead gray whale washed ashore on Tuesday evening at Francis State Beach in Half Moon Bay. It had disappeared by Thursday morning, officials say, but much