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Bizarre deep-sea creature washes up on Texas beach, puzzles park rangers
FoxNews.com/Science ^
| June 19, 2018
| Jennifer Earl
Posted on 06/19/2018 10:00:06 AM PDT by ETL
An odd-looking fish that lives on the ocean floor shocked Texas park rangers when it washed up on Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi last week.
Photographer Edie Bresler was scanning the beach for hidden treasures when he spotted the big-eyed fish. With its bumpy skin and wide mouth, Bresler wasn't exactly sure what he was looking at. So, he quickly took out his camera and started snapping.
"I have been beach combing all my life so to come across something strange like this was totally exciting," Bresler explained in a Facebook post on Thursday. "It got even better when I took the photographs to the park rangers and they were equally baffled."
Bresler sent his photos to officials at Padre Island National Seashore. After carefully studying the creature and comparing images of the fish to various science books, they determined it was a thick-tailed batfish.
"These fish come from 600-1200 feet (180-365 meters) deep, where ocean life gets WEIRD," the park posted on Facebook, including two photographs taken by Bresler. "Batfish use their pectoral, or side-fins, as 'legs' to 'crawl' on the seafloor to feed on worms, and small crustaceans and fish. They live their lives in complete darkness, where large eyes probably come in handy to avoid lanternfish or other possible predators."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: texas
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ETL
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06/19/2018 10:01:06 AM PDT
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bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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The Red-Lipped Batfish
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06/19/2018 10:02:08 AM PDT
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06/19/2018 10:02:15 AM PDT
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Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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06/19/2018 10:02:50 AM PDT
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ETL
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06/19/2018 10:03:10 AM PDT
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b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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06/19/2018 10:03:10 AM PDT
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Maceman
(We need a temporary ban on Muslims just until churches and synagogues can be built in Mecca.)
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06/19/2018 10:03:24 AM PDT
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ETL
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“Dude, what is that?”
“I dunno, but its fish-like”
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06/19/2018 10:04:56 AM PDT
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waterhill
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separated from its family—the cruelty!
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06/19/2018 10:06:26 AM PDT
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cgbg
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They look like Democrats!
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06/19/2018 10:07:59 AM PDT
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\/\/ayne
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Helen Thomas long lost relative makes an appearance in texas
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06/19/2018 10:08:17 AM PDT
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ATOMIC_PUNK
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06/19/2018 10:08:21 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
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To: waterhill
As he grabbed his knife and quickly filleted it out.
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06/19/2018 10:09:59 AM PDT
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bigbob
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Somewhere, a sushi chef is eyeing that fish with envy.
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06/19/2018 10:10:02 AM PDT
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(California, Mexico's socialist colony)
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06/19/2018 10:11:20 AM PDT
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I love its shade of coral lipstick.
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06/19/2018 10:11:35 AM PDT
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ViLaLuz
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A rouge-lipped, pearl nosed, cactus skinned Blob Fish now looking for a mate.
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