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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

New "ghost shark" species with giant eyes found thousands of feet deep

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New "ghost shark" species with giant eyes found thousands of feet deep

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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Creatures are distant cousins of sharks and rays, with their most recent common ancestor having lived over 400 million years ago.
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  • SpicyLizards@reddthat.com
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    Cool. Terrible link though, the photo isn’t even a photo of the actual shark.

    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Lateral-view-of-Chimaera-supapae-new-species-holotype-PMBC-30399-immature-male-508_fig1_378776937

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      Thank you. It would be nice if Lemmy users didn’t follow the behaviour of other social media, but instead take the extra minute to post quality links. People, you’re not going to miss out on fake internet points.

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    awesome but scary

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    Cute

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    I imagine they taste like they look

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      So what does terror taste like exactly?

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        Scaly, meatless, urine-drenched boney demon fried in the fires of hell

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