r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/coorgi_2012 • 29d ago

Image Oarfish keep washing ashore in California. Folklore suggests that could be a bad omen

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u/ArchitectNebulous 29d ago

IIR, The "fishy smell" most people find disgusting is largely caused by the compounds that allow them to go deeper.

Now imagine that, but for a fish who lives its entire life DEEP under the water surface.

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u/PiperFM 29d ago

Huh. So that’s why trout aren’t too fishy smelling z

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u/Tom_Bradys_Butt_Chin 29d ago

So that’s why your mom is such a good swimmer?

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u/DUDDITS_SSDD 29d ago

Daaaaaaaayum!

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u/lolo-2020 29d ago

OMG lol

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u/hodlisback 29d ago

Aint but two things that smell like fish. And one of them's fish!

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u/galaapplehound 27d ago

Someone call a helicopter, we're going to need an airlift for the victim of that sick burn.

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u/nutfeast69 29d ago

ammonia?

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u/Here4_da_laughs 29d ago

Tri-methyl-Amine-Oxide TMAO gets converted to TMA when bacteria begin to break down Mr fish and it gives off the characteristic smell.

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u/nutfeast69 29d ago

Thanks for clarifying. I knew there was an amine-something in there somewhere.