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Macropinna microstoma: A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and tubular eyes

MBARI researchers Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler used video taken by unmanned, undersea robots called remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to study barreleye fish in the deep waters just offshore...  
 
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Scythemantis (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Nope, this fish only exists in the deep ocean abyss. Capturing it and bringing it to the surface would actually cause it to die instantly from the pressure change. It would take a multi-million-dollar high pressure tank to keep it alive.
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What do you mean "how is this possible?" It's a fish with a big dome of transparent flesh protecting its eyes. How is that hard to believe? There are THOUSANDS of much, much weirder animals on this planet. There are ants that explode to defend their colony and worms that control the brains of snails.

Maybe you should read more :p
MissObviously (3 days ago) Show Hide
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omgg, I was at the Monterey bay Aquarium!!!
Didn't know it until he said it at the end. o3o.
ravil (4 days ago) Show Hide
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at 0:47 wow i have a friend that looks like that...lol
lefu2009 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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O.O woooow
theMilkz (1 week ago) Show Hide
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communitychannel would be sad for you..
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@theMilkz Yeah, I know...
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pretty
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1:15 - you ain't gonna get me . . . ass ! ! !
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lol

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