California: Scripps scientists baffled by anchovy school so dense it looked like a massive oil slick

[Emily]

But it was changing shape like a lava lamp.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Did you see this? Incredible school of anchovies amass off La Jolla <a href="http://t.co/ipDSSFSkJF">http://t.co/ipDSSFSkJF</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/Scripps_Ocean">@Scripps_Ocean</a> <a href="http://t.co/2DjCsYsYvb">pic.twitter.com/2DjCsYsYvb</a></p>— Fox 5 San Diego (@fox5sandiego) <a href="https://twitter.com/fox5sandiego/statuses/486663526488887298">July 9, 2014</a></blockquote>
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This Is No Oil Slick: Huge Anchovy School Swarms Off California Coast
By Terrell Johnson
Published: July 9, 2014

At first, it looked like an oil slick floating in the water. But when scientists at California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography got a closer look Tuesday, they discovered what turned out to be anchovies swarming in the water near the La Jolla pier where they do much of their marine research.

The massive school of fish baffled Scripps scientists, who say they haven't seen such a large aggregation of anchovies here in more than 30 years and didn't yet know why the school moved into the shallow waters off the La Jolla coast...

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