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A Rare Deep-Sea Creature With a Transparent Head Was Just Caught on Camera

English - VICE·Jillian Drachman·10 days ago
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As we wish everyone a happy Halloween today , we’re here to tell you that nature’s birthday suits often prove the most horrifying of all.

On October 22, researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute filmed a spooky barreleye fish, whose otherworldly likeness is sending shivers through the internet community. MBARI shared a stunning video of the unconventional green-eyed beauty, captured on a 4K camera. Their lens monitored the scream-worthy fish, which has a transparent head, for about 20 minutes.

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The find occurred during the eight-day Diving Deep for Delicate Drifters expedition, which included scuba diving and ROV action: While aboard MBARI’s flagship vessel dubbed David Packard , senior scientist Steve Haddock and the Biodiversity and Biooptics Team chanced upon the barreleye fish, or Macropinna microstoma, as robotic submarines patrolled.…

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