Wednesday, February 25, 2009

What the deuce?!

This is, by far, one of the strangest fish I have seen as of late.


The head is transparent. And those two green balls on the inside are its eyes, pointing upward as it searches for food. The two dark spots just above the mouth are its nares (fish version of nostrils). This fish was first discovered in 1939, but more is being found about this unique creature as technology advances.

Want to learn more? Visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (my dream job) or good ole Wikipedia for more info.

Seriously. Cool. Fish.

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