Video: Anchovies Mistaken for Oil Slick off California Coast

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The dark, undulating mass beneath La Jolla, California's waters on Tuesday may have been mistaken for an oil spill, but it was actually comprised of millions of tiny northern anchovies. According to Fox 5 San Diego, students from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography were able to capture video of the anchovy swarm as it massed off the coast of San Diego near Scripps Pier. "It was remarkable. From a distance it looked like an oil slick and you think 'What happened?' and then you get...
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