I had a single page of "deep-sea facts" for many years on my website and always intended to update it, but procrastinated until just last night. Probably not much new to wtf_nature, though I couldn't find much mention of the Xenophyophores here ( Read more... )

Hey everyone,
My wall calendar features a different fish every month & all July I've been looking at this photo:

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Sargassum Fish


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http://www.cracked.com/article_15926_15-most-bizarre-animal-mating-rituals.html

Some are more common knowledge, but there's a few of what I'd consider more obscure facts tossed in.

It’s a small, colorful, friendly-looking fish that lives in shallow waters. Adults grow to be no more than 15cm (about 6 inches) in length, and are covered with a distinctive pattern of dots that can identify individuals as uniquely as fingerprints. But what makes this fish truly unique is its pectoral fins, which look for all the world like arms ( Read more... )

If you thought everything had the potential to be cute when it was a baby, you'd be wrong.


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