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Remarkable alien-like deep-sea fish has a totally transparent head
Unexplained Mysteries ^ | September 1, 2025 | T.K. Randall

Posted on 09/01/2025 2:15:44 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

This bizarre resident of the deep sea is certainly one of the most unique creatures we've ever seen. Imagine traveling through the darkest depths of the ocean around 2,000ft down where everything around you is pitch black. You shine your torch into the gloom and something catches your eye.

As it gets closer, you realize that this is no ordinary fish - you can see straight through its head!

Meet the barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) - a creature so bizarre that if there weren't pictures and videos of it you could almost believe that it was something completely made up.

Sporting a pair of distinctive tubular eyes, the fish is able to detect faint bioluminescent signals from other deep-sea creatures and has a transparent, shield-shaped head filled with a clear fluid.

The barreleye fish is deceptively small - measuring a mere 6 inches in length - but it has perfectly adapted to this dark and hostile environment.

Little was known about it until 2009 when the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) managed to capture footage of a live specimen using a remote-operated deep-sea vehicle.

You can check out some of their footage below.

(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: barreleye; barreleyefish; cryptobiology; deepsealife; democratfish; fish; macropinnamicrostoma; oceans; sashimi; sushi; transparentfish; wildlife

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Simply amazing!
1 posted on 09/01/2025 2:15:44 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

This is why we need Voter ID. It’s gonna vote Democrat if we don’t stop it.


2 posted on 09/01/2025 2:17:12 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Society has no reward for following the rules any more)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Insert blonde joke here?


3 posted on 09/01/2025 2:17:43 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

ROTFL!


4 posted on 09/01/2025 2:18:08 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Is this damn country so hard up for Judges that we have to hire Sparkle Sookananan from Trinidad?)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

He’s got a face like Sparkle Sookananan from Trinidad and Lumbago.


5 posted on 09/01/2025 2:20:38 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Is this damn country so hard up for Judges that we have to hire Sparkle Sookananan from Trinidad?)
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To: ClearCase_guy


Empty-headed...

Have the Democrats recruited it for 2028 yet? AOC or Gavin Newsom on the ticket as well?
6 posted on 09/01/2025 2:27:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Check out the big brain on Brad...

/Samuel L. Jackson


7 posted on 09/01/2025 2:37:11 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Macho MAGA Man

A cross between a jellyfish and a sardine?

It has two brain pans.


8 posted on 09/01/2025 2:40:14 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: SaveFerris

Looks like some girls I have encountered over the years...their brains looked similar but were not located in their cranium!

Exhibit 1: AOC


9 posted on 09/01/2025 2:42:27 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Looks to have no skull.
Bizarre.


10 posted on 09/01/2025 2:43:09 PM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: rlmorel

😀😃😄🤣🤣


11 posted on 09/01/2025 2:47:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: rlmorel; SaveFerris

12 posted on 09/01/2025 2:55:54 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SaveFerris

Photo.....

Wife of male fish: “Don’t try to lie to me. I can see right through you.”


13 posted on 09/01/2025 2:56:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

True baseball story.

In the 1934 World Series, star Dizzy Dean was hit in the head during the breakup of a double play.
He went to the hospital and was X-rayed.

Headline:
Dizzy Dean Head X-rayed.
Nothing Found.


14 posted on 09/01/2025 3:01:16 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

There are many small creatures which appear bizarre when examined closely.


15 posted on 09/01/2025 3:10:36 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: frank ballenger

😃😄😂🤣🤣


16 posted on 09/01/2025 3:14:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Thanks


17 posted on 09/01/2025 3:32:35 PM PDT by Cold Heart (Democrats protect criminals and prosecute innocents)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Remarkable ALIEN like? Presuming the author knows what an ALIEN is supposed to look like.
DARKEST depth of the ocean at 2000 feet....? Gotta be darker at 15,000 feet...
Another AI written article ..


18 posted on 09/01/2025 3:38:19 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: marktwain

What do small creatures think about us?
“There are many bizarre features of large creatures when examined closely”
Freegards....


19 posted on 09/01/2025 3:47:55 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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