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PHOTO IN THE NEWS: New "Dracula" Fish Discovered
nationalgeographic ^ | March 11, 2009

Posted on 03/15/2009 10:07:08 AM PDT by JoeProBono

While he may not vant to suck your blood, the male fish seen above does sport spooky-looking fangs that have earned it the name Danionella dracula.

Researchers at London's Natural History Museum found several of the new species (bottom) in a tank of aquarium fish. Initially museum staff had thought the 0.7-inch-long (1.7-centimeter-long) creatures, caught in Myanmar (Burma), were part of an already known, related species.

"After a year or so in captivity, they started dying," museum scientist Ralf Britz told BBC News.

"When I preserved them and looked at them under the microscope, I thought, my God, what is this, they can't be teeth."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: dracula; fish
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To: JoeProBono

What the heck is that... creeeeeeeepy


21 posted on 03/15/2009 12:19:55 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (o) ..junior senator... add fertilizer ... wait awhile... up sprouts a Jr. President..(o)
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To: JoeProBono

What the heck is that... creeeeeeeepy

I just might not go back in the water after that one...


22 posted on 03/15/2009 12:20:33 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (o) ..junior senator... add fertilizer ... wait awhile... up sprouts a Jr. President..(o)
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To: ThreePuttinDude
damn, squeezed one off by mistake...oooops
23 posted on 03/15/2009 12:21:33 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (o) ..junior senator... add fertilizer ... wait awhile... up sprouts a Jr. President..(o)
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To: JoeProBono

I'm from the government.
An' I only wanna he'p you!

24 posted on 03/15/2009 12:25:01 PM PDT by uglybiker (AAAAAAH!!! I'm covered in BEES!)
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To: ThreePuttinDude

Lamprey eel I think.


25 posted on 03/16/2009 10:45:21 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (1/20/13 - Obama's Last Day!)
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To: HenpeckedCon

Geeez, I’ve never seen one of those before.
Thanks


26 posted on 03/16/2009 5:09:37 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (o) ..junior senator... add fertilizer ... wait awhile... up sprouts a Jr. President..(o)
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