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This Mysterious Fish Became a Viral Phenomenon. Here's Why.
In February, researchers from conservation organization Condrik Tenerife were about two kilometers off the coast of Tenerife ...
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How a dying anglerfish became a global icon on social media
A humpback anglerfish, usually found deep underwater, was filmed near the surface. The amazed scientists and sparked online ...
How a dying anglerfish became the darling of social media
The creatures are named for their bioluminescent lure (or esca). This modified dorsal fin ray can produce a glow used to fish (or angle) for prey in the dim depths of the sea. The bioluminescence is ...
Why Did The Deep Sea Anglerfish Rise Thousands of Feet in the Ocean? Scientists Baffled by Odd Behaviour – 'I Thought It Was AI!'
Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...
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An Anglerfish has the internet crying, Scientists are scratching their heads
When the anglerfish was first documented in 1833 along the shores of Greenland by zoologist Johannes Christopher Hagemann Reinhardt, it was deemed one of the mo ...
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‘The bravest thing I’ve ever seen’: A lone anglerfish has the internet in tears
This scientific discovery has since spread across social media and sparked an emotional outpouring for this six-inch fish. “I just found out about the angler fish and I’m sobbing,” one ...
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Rare, deep-sea anglerfish washes ashore in Carlsbad
These rare fish had never been spotted on the surface of the ocean until recently when researchers took a video of a 'humpback angler fish ... “It houses glowing bacteria that produce what ...