Posted on 06/06/2019 4:41:20 PM PDT by ETL
You might expect something called a deep-sea dragonfish to be a fearsome leviathan of the deep, dark ocean — and it is, if you happen to be one of the thumb-size ocean critters the dragonfish calls prey.
Dragonfish (genus Aristostomias) are wee (only about 6 inches long), eel-like predators with massive, fang-lined jaws that can yawn open at 120-degree angles.
These gaping chompers allow dragonfish to devour prey more than half of their size, but their hunting success also depends on another near-supernatural adaptation: invisibility.
While dragonfish bodies give off a faint, bioluminescent glow, their teeth are almost completely transparent, blending into the dark depths around them without tipping off potential prey until the fangs come crunching down. ..."
In a new study published today (June 5) in the journal Matter, scientists took a close look at a dragonfish's transparent teeth under an electron microscope and found out.
The answer, the researchers discovered, is an array of grain-size nanocrystals speckled across each fang's enamel, preventing the dragonfish's own bioluminescent light from reflecting off its open jaws. ..."
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