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Day 60: More dead fish

The mystery fish. Can somebody help us ID this unsuspecting flotsam?
The mystery fish. Can somebody help us ID this unsuspecting flotsam?

A few blogs ago I talked about seeing some dead, floating fish on the ocean surface. Since then we’ve seen about five more. All of them seem to be the same fish, and we finally got close enough to take a picture.

They look like they have been bleached by the sun and, save for minimal rot, are uneaten. This is what disturbs me the most.

A dead, uneaten fish floating in the ocean? What causes this?

I’m putting it out there to our science crew and knowledgeable audience (aka superfans). Is this just some random dead fish or is this something that has been observed before? Are they not eaten because they are diseased?

If you have an egg of knowledge to crack on us, please let us know!