A group of friends was expecting to have a totally normal kayak adventure in the waters near La Jolla Cove when they stumbled upon an extraordinary sea creature: an almost 4-meter (12-foot) long sea snake straight from the ocean’s depths.
The massive specimen is known as the oarfish, and it’s not even the largest of its kind.
Named as the largest bony fish in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, some have been known to reach lengths as large as 11 meters (36 feet) and weigh a maximum of 270 kilos (600 pounds).
