Adorable New Species Of Snailfish Filmed 3,268 Meters Below The Sea, And There's A Video

IFL Science ^ | September 08, 2025 | Rachael Funnell

[Magnum44]

[married21]

If not much can be seen down there, why do these fish even have eyes?

[z3n]

adorable?

[Hot Tabasco]

“Needless to say, I love snailfishes!” said Gerringer. “I think they are incredible, and working with them is a joy.”

Dude needs to get drunk then laid......

[Jamestown1630]

Almost as cute as the axolotl.

[Jamestown1630]

She’s the kind of enthusiast who often makes great discoveries or comes up with great inventions.

[Jamestown1630]

For one thing, they can detect bio luminescence from other fish:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-d9HMN37s

[married21]

Thanks.

[Hot Tabasco]

She’s the kind of enthusiast who often makes great discoveries

Uhhhh, okay

[xp38]

Not to be dramatic, but I would die for this snailfish.

Less drama please. I on the other hand would not like to die for this to say nothing of the salmon mousse.

[Jamestown1630]

People incapable of deep interest in a subject haven’t often come up with groundbreaking discoveries or achievements. It could be said that many scientists and inventors have actually been obsessed.

[Wuli]

LIFE, LIFE, LIFE writ large is so much more adaptable to a changing earth than all the alarmists could ever imagine. They think humans can destroy the living earth by our own daily activities. “Change”, yes, but every living thing imposes itself on the landscape of earth and everything it encounters accepts it or adapts to the conditions it presents. LIFE writ large goes on.

The alarmists think, in error, that when LIFE has to adapt to some human activity that LIFE writ large is being destroyed. Not true.

[Hot Tabasco]

People incapable of deep interest in a subject haven’t often come up with groundbreaking discoveries or achievements.

Does that include you and I? Admittedly, I haven't invented anything. How about you?

[Jamestown1630]

I’m too much of a dilettante. But I have great admiration for people who care so much about a subject that they make important discoveries and inventions. They tend to be very interesting people, too.

[equaviator]

I never thought of fish as being adorable but walleye and lake perch are delicious.

[Hot Tabasco]

walleye and lake perch are delicious.

You sound like a Lake St. Clair fisherman.....

[webheart]

It was filmed and theres a video. Duh!

[webheart]

She would die for a snailfish? I don’t even think those people in the plastic sub wanted to die for the Titanic.

[equaviator]

Yes, but so far, no Muskie. If I ever do hook one, I hope I don’t panic. I’m not out there very often.