WHY DEEP-SEA MONSTERS KEEP RISING TO THE SURFACE?

PRIMARY / NEWS SOURCES — RECENT EVENTS National Geographic, "Scientists capture extremely rare footage of a black seadevil" — https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/black-seadevil-anglerfish-video-canary-islands CBS News, black seadevil surface video — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-black-seadevil-anglerfish-swim-ocean-surface/ Fox Weather, black seadevil depth range/context — https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/deep-sea-anglerfish-spotted-shallow-water-africa The Mirror, Tenerife anglerfish competing theories — https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/rare-fish-spotted-first-time-975285 CNN, third 2024 California oarfish sighting — https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/us/rare-oarfish-california-beach NPR, California oarfish/folklore context — https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196630/oarfish-california-japan-folklore AOL/LA Times, three 2024 CA sightings, 22 since 1901 — https://www.aol.com/news/doomsday-fish-washed-ashore-california-214023542.html Smithsonian Magazine, live Mexico oarfish Feb. 2025, first-ever live video (2001) — https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-a-deep-sea-oarfish-caught-alive-on-video-in-a-rare-encounter-on-a-beach-in-mexico-180986100/ CNN, 2019 living Okinawa oarfish / folklore background — https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/asia/okinawa-living-oarfish-intl-trnd ICSF, 2019 Okinawa oarfish, 2011 Tohoku context — https://icsf.net/newss/rare-oarfish-ancient-omens-of-natural-disaster-captured-by-japanese-fishermen/ Live Science, giant phantom jellyfish spotted at 80m off Antarctica — https://www.livescience.com/alien-like-giant-phantom-jellyfish-spotted-in-frigid-waters-off-antarctica SCIENTIFIC STUDIES / ACADEMIC SOURCES Orihara et al. (2019), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, oarfish/earthquake correlation study — https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/109/4/1556/571628/Is-Japanese-Folklore-Concerning-Deep-Sea-Fish Forbes summary of Orihara et al. 2019 + El Niño correlation study — https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/06/23/oarfish-sightings-dont-predict-earthquakes-study-says/