Daily fish fact #549
Ninja lanternshark!
It can faintly glow blue, blending into the small amount of light available at the depths they live in! This makes them unnoticeable to their prey, shrimp and small fish. Their scientific name, Etmopterus benchleyi, has a reference to Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel Jaws!
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Angular Roughsharks are found throughout the eastern Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Norway to South Africa throughout the Mediterranean Sea. The depth at which they are found ranges from 160 to 2,170 ft, but they mostly stay below 330 ft.
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Kitefin Sharks are bioluminescent. Scientists believe that the greenish-blue glow of this fish (typically concentrated on their bellies and underside) is a type of camouflage that helps the shark blend in with the light from above. The Kitefin is the largest luminous vertebrate on record. Three hormones in the shark’s body control its ability to glow in the dark.
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Today is Wet Beast Wednesday!
Today’s wet beast is: Pipefish
Olive’s wet beast fact: You’re probably thinking that these worm-on-a-string lookin ass creatures look like straightened seahorses. That’s bc they are part of the Syngnathidae family with Seahorses and Sea Dragons. Funky!
Stay tuned for more Wet Beast Wednesdays!
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Big king deluxe and a sus goblin shark inspired vendor that mixes you medicine that is helpful to use in certain environments (or not)
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Most sharks are negatively buoyant, meaning they naturally sink in water. However, in 2015, two deep sea sharks - the bluntnose sixgill shark (top) and the prickly shark (bottom) - were discovered to be positively buoyant, meaning they naturally float in water.
This could have one of two purposes: aiding stealth hunting by enabling them to ambush prey from below by motionlessly rising towards them; or for migrating to warmer waters closer to the surface at night to warm up the muscles (to then actively swim back down to colder waters during the day).
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