Anglerfish — or folk hero? Why this 6-inch deep-sea fish won over the internet’s hearts
"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...
Large parasites found protruding from fish’s head in South Atlantic. ‘The horror’
The grisly discovery was made Sunday, March 2, as a team working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute explored waters 1,600 feet deep off the South Sandwich Islands. The islands are about 1,600 miles east ...
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Mysterious 'doomsday fish' shocks beachgoers as it approaches shallow waters
"The fish swam straight at us, lifting its head above the water about two inches ... Another man in the video who identified the deep-sea species attempted to return the "flailing fish" back ...
Deep-sea fish study reveals evolutionary marvels in Earth's hadal zone
The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...
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Rare deep sea 'doomsday fish' washes ashore alive on Mexico beach
The fish typically surface when they are dead, according to reports, but this one appeared to be alive and swimming. “The fish swam straight at us, lifting its head ... a mile deep in the ...
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Video captures ‘doomsday’ fish from deep sea washing ashore in Mexico
Neither of them could have guessed it was an oarfish - a deep-sea creature rarely spotted ... Hayes said the fish tried to bore its head into the rocks. Figuring the fish was disoriented or ...
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Rare, deep-sea anglerfish washes ashore in Carlsbad
“A lot of deep-sea fishs and other animals have these ... they rely on trickery with a bulbous appendage that resembles a fishing lure on top of their head. “It houses glowing bacteria that ...
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‘Icarus of deep’: how dying anglerfish became social media sensation
In February, researchers from conservation organisation Condrik Tenerife were about two kilometres off the coast of Tenerife Island, looking for sharks, when they caught sight of something much ...
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Video: Black Seadevil, A Rare Deep-Sea Fish, Spotted Swimming Near Ocean's Surface
"To date, records have mostly consisted of larvae, dead adults, or specimens spotted by submarines during deep-sea scientific ... prey with a fishing rod-like structure on their head that has ...
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Rare deep sea ‘doomsday fish’ washes ashore alive on Mexico beach
The fish typically surface when they are dead, according to reports, but this one appeared to be alive and swimming. “The fish swam straight at us, lifting its head ... a mile deep in the ...