Strange-looking guy. Apparently he's only ten centimetres long, and only four Pink Handfish have ever been found, all off the coast of Tasmania. All in all, there are fourteen species of Handfish.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Handfish
This is cool: "Using its fins to walk, rather than swim, along the ocean floor in an undated picture, the pink handfish is one of nine newly named species described in a recent scientific review of the handfish family."
Strange-looking guy. Apparently he's only ten centimetres long, and only four Pink Handfish have ever been found, all off the coast of Tasmania. All in all, there are fourteen species of Handfish.
Strange-looking guy. Apparently he's only ten centimetres long, and only four Pink Handfish have ever been found, all off the coast of Tasmania. All in all, there are fourteen species of Handfish.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Biological Immortality
There's a species of jellyfish, the turritopsis nutricula, which can revert to its polyp (immature) state from a fully mature state; hence, it can indefinitely live. Barring being eaten or something, of course. They're 2mm long, too. 'pretty much the only creature that can, save for Hydra, Water Bears and colonies of bacteria (effectively).
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