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ot exactly something
you fi nd everyday
along the Colum-
bia River. This 6-foot
Mola mola, also known
as an ocean sunfi sh, was
brought up river by the
high tide early last week.
Mola mola are often found
off of the Oregon Coast,
especially in the summer
but they tend to linger fur-
ther off shore. These gen-
tle giants can reach at least
8.9 feet in length and weigh
over 5,000 pounds! There
was also a report yester-
day of one on the beach in
Manzantia.
So what’s with all of the
dead animals on the beach
lately? As fall begins and
the weather starts changing
things that have died out at
sea get pushed around by
heavier winds and surf. It is
not unusual to come across
a few dead animals on the
beach after a storm.
A four-foot salmon shark
washed ashore yesterday in
Arch Cape. The little shark
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C eline M C e wan
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Photos by Tiff any Boothe/Seaside Aquarium
ABOVE: The Mola mola, an ocean sunfi sh, found off the Oregon
Coast. RIGHT: A salmon shark found on the beach in Arch Cape.
had died before washing
in. Luckily, it was still in
great condition and we were
able to recover the shark. It
will be dissected by a local
school group and samples
will be taken to help scien-
tists learn more about these
amazing creatures.
Did you know 17 species
of shark reside in Oregon’s
coastal waters? From the
legendary Great white to
the large basking shark and
the innocuous spiny dog-
fi sh, Oregon’s sharks are
part of the complex ocean
food web. During summer
and fall months, Oregonians
may notice juvenile sharks
stranded on the beach. The
salmon shark species is one
of the most common spe-
cies to wash ashore.
Named for their diet
preference of eating
salmon, the quick-swim-
ming salmon shark can
become stranded through-
out the year, but are most
commonly found during
summer months. Salmon
sharks give live birth to two
to four pups off the southern
Oregon coast in the spring
and the juveniles follow
ocean currents and prey.
While this species is able
to thermoregulate (control
their body temperature up
to 15 degrees Celsius above
surrounding water tempera-
ture) and navigate vertically
throughout the water col-
umn, some juveniles end up
outside their ideal tempera-
ture range and are unable to
thrive.
With an average length
of seven feet and weighing
S erving
in at 300 pounds, mature
salmon sharks are quick
enough to catch salmon,
birds, squid and herring.
With grey bodies and white
bellies salmon sharks are
often mistaken for the great
white, but major diff erences
in size, diet, and teeth pat-
terns set the salmon sharks
apart. Salmon shark teeth
are notably pointed and
smooth while white shark
teeth are triangular and
serrated.
While the salmon shark
may look fi erce, there has
never been a reported inci-
dent of a salmon shark
attack on a human. If you
have a question about a
stranded shark or other
stranded marine life, contact
local experts at the Seaside
Aquarium, 503-738-6211.
Author Ratty takes fresh look at Native traditions
government uses ‘broken
arrow’ as a term for nuclear
activity and chaos. To Indi-
ans, ‘broken arrow’ means
confl ict and distrust.”
Ratty said he has seen the
history of local tribes gain
a lot of respect, both in the
importance of their culture
and the integration of Native
American tribes and white
settlers. He noted that the
tribes’ skills in canoe mak-
ing, frontier justice and dance
can still be seen in traces of
Astoria and other coastal
communities.
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seen by a larger audience,”
Emmerling said. “There is
defi nitely an interest from
tourists in books that are writ-
Lighthouses,
coves, ten either about the local area
beaches and trails have long or by local authors.”
been a main attraction to the
Ratty also said that part of
Oregon Coast. They are a tes- a local author’s job is to write
tament, often named after the books that can educate and
Native American tribes who interest tourists and locals
fi rst shaped the culture of who are curious about the
Oregon’s coast.
roots of their community.
They are also a main
“Booksellers wanted to do
attraction to the Astoria area the same thing (as “The Til-
for historical fi ction author lamook Rock Lighthouse”)
Brian Ratty and his latest with local Indian tribes,”
book, “Broken Arrow.”
Ratty said, adding that the
“I’m not an expert or his- Native American names
torian … at my very best, of Oregon’s geographical
I’ve just got a great curiosity regions and landmarks often
about our local history,” Ratty spark curiosity in both tour-
said. “We all know the Indi- ists and locals. “They wanted
ans really got screwed by the to know, ‘where do these
government … I wanted to Indians come from and where
mention that, for the
are they now?’”
most part, the Indians
Answering these
were very welcoming
questions
posed
to the (white men)
unique challenges to
who came here.”
Ratty, and conduct-
Ratty spent 34
ing research during
years running the
a pandemic didn’t
production company
help. Because in-per-
Brian Ratty
Media West out of
son interviews and
Portland. He has writ-
physical copies of
ten and published 10 books, documentation were hard
mostly historical fi ction, in to come by, Ratty needed to
the 15 years since he retired, vet other sources. He turned
drawing on the rich history of to the internet and a few rare
the Astoria area and Oregon books to fi ll in the gaps.
coast for inspiration.
“My golly, you couldn’t
After Ratty’s recent book, go to a library, you couldn’t
“Tillamook Rock Light- go to a museum, you could
house: History and Tales of hardly get any face-to-face
Terrible Tilly,” he noticed with any experts,” Ratty said.
tourists were interested in “My wife and I really did
Oregon’s North Coast his- enjoy writing it, but it was
tory, especially through an awfully hard to (talk to) any-
informative book at the right one. … What you read on the
length and price point from internet, that doesn’t make
a local author. By exten- it right. An out-of-date book
sion, the book helped inspire doesn’t make it right. But it’s
“Broken Arrow,” which was better than most.”
released in July.
He put an emphasis on
It also piqued inter- the history, myths and leg-
est in area bookstores, who ends of the Native American
wanted to make local history tribes, wanting to focus on
more accessible. Ratty said taking a look into their cul-
Karen Emmerling, owner ture and how they told their
of Beach Books in Seaside, own stories.
“planted the seed” for “Bro-
“It was fun to research and
ken Arrow.”
we wanted to write a book …
Emmerling said customers my goal was to keep the story
at Beach Books were show- moving,” Ratty said. “But
ing an increasing interest in really it’s a story of many
the Tillamook Rock Light- voices. … I knew that every-
house and the early Native thing was not 100% right or
American tribes of Oregon’s wrong, it is full of myths and
coast region. She said she felt legends.”
there wasn’t a reliable source
One of those legends was
for information from a local the Thunderbird, an import-
perspective.
ant symbol to Native Amer-
“These were suggested ican tribes along Oregon’s
topics that we felt, as a book- North Coast, Ratty said.
store, there was a need for
He worked with art-
and an interest in,” Emmer- ist Douglas Zilke, based out
ling said. “Brian has taken of British Columbia, to cre-
those on and done a great ate the cover art for “Bro-
job with creating these two ken Arrow,” a Thunderbird
books, which have been very and whale symbol. Though
benefi cial for us to have.”
Zilke isn’t Native Ameri-
Emmerling has carried can himself, he specializes in
Ratty’s books in her store Native American art. Ratty
since at least 2014, and said said the title for “Broken
the relationship between Arrow” came from a movie
local authors and local book- he watched as a child.
sellers is important to pre-
“I remember as a kid see-
serve history.
ing a movie where they had
“I think it’s important a fi ctional tribe, and the
that (authors) have an out- movie was called ‘Broken
let where their works can be Arrows,’” Ratty said. “Our
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