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New miniature shark species glows in the dark


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New shark species glows in the dark, weighs about 2 pounds and has a huge nose

Like finding a needle in a haystack, a team of scientists has discovered a new species of shark measuring less than a foot long and weighing under 2 pounds full-grown. This miniature, "glow-in-the-dark" shark is a member of the Lanternshark family (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae), which was serendipitously found 1,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Read more: Science Daily

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Imagine living at 1000' feet in the first place! Interesting creature.  Ive always considered it complete blackness at these depths but realize its probably speckeled with bio luminescent creatures everywhere. I was just reading where the deep ocean is the largest habitat on Earth by volume, and that bioluminecence is considered a major ecological trait. Neat stuff

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Now if some genius can extract that particular trait and breed it into the Great Whites, Tigers and Bulls ... then we can spot them all a mile away ...

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8 minutes ago, third_eye said:

Now if some genius can extract that particular trait and breed it into the Great Whites, Tigers and Bulls ... then we can spot them all a mile away ...

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HA! You're the genius!! Absolutely brilliant! 

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