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And still the universe surprises us…

National Geographic, February 23, 2009–With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes–topped by green, orblike lenses–in a picture released today but taken in 2004.

The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California’s central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.

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Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, washed the t-shirt 23 times, threw the t-shirt in the ragbag, now I'm polishing furniture with it.

2 Comments

  • Martin Wisse

    February 26, 2009 at 10:42 am

    Freaky!

  • Palau

    February 26, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    It’s the facial expression I like, so gentle and dozy. Just mooching around doin’ barrelfish business.