FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head

Orion11 · 06-03-2009, 07:33 AM

wow this thing is crazy!! and beautiful!! and almost soulful!

the video from these pics is at the NatGeo link.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ure/index.html

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Weird Fish With Transparent Head

February 23, 2009--With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes--topped by green, orblike lenses--in a picture released today but taken in 2004.

The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California's central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.

The 6-inch (15-centimeter) barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) had been known since 1939--but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.

rhythm · 06-03-2009, 07:44 AM

i feel

some mother in law

jokes on the

horizon ...

that is some strange looking

creature o! the wonder of it all

me loverlys ....

Hypnotize · 06-03-2009, 08:12 AM

that's a dam cool lookin' fish.

Orion11 · 06-03-2009, 06:31 PM

yea isnt that crazy!

the things that look like eyes up front, are actually nostrils...

and the eyes are those green" orb " things inside its head.

so weird!! so cool! lol

06-03-2009, 08:41 PM

Cool photo! It is one strange looking fish.

Phtha · 06-03-2009, 09:17 PM

I think this is the most relaxed looking fish I've ever seen.

Dantheman62 · 06-03-2009, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Phtha

I think this is the most relaxed looking fish I've ever seen.

Orion11 · 06-04-2009, 04:29 AM

hahahahaha, i could hang with him. lol

nice one!!

orthodoxymoron · 06-04-2009, 12:33 PM

There's something fishy about that photo...

Orion11 · 06-04-2009, 05:42 PM

you are right orthodoxymoron....

i think it's the bubbles! lol

mntruthseeker · 06-04-2009, 06:59 PM

unreal thanks for sharing

06-03-2009, 07:44 AM	#2
rhythm Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: devon england Posts: 1,905	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head *i feel* *some mother in law* *jokes on the* *horizon ...* *that is some strange looking* *creature o! the wonder of it all* *me loverlys ....*

06-03-2009, 08:12 AM	#3
Hypnotize Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oregon Coast Posts: 154	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head that's a dam cool lookin' fish.

06-03-2009, 06:31 PM	#4
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head yea isnt that crazy! the things that look like eyes up front, are actually nostrils... and the eyes are those green" orb " things inside its head. so weird!! so cool! lol

06-03-2009, 08:41 PM	#5
sleepingnomore Guest Posts: n/a	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head Cool photo! It is one strange looking fish.

06-03-2009, 09:17 PM	#6
Phtha Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 947	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head I think this is the most relaxed looking fish I've ever seen.

06-04-2009, 04:29 AM	#8
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head hahahahaha, i could hang with him. lol nice one!!

06-04-2009, 12:33 PM	#9
orthodoxymoron Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lunar Base II Posts: 3,093	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head There's something fishy about that photo...

06-04-2009, 05:42 PM	#10
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head you are right orthodoxymoron.... i think it's the bubbles! lol

06-04-2009, 06:59 PM	#11
mntruthseeker Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,482	Re: FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head unreal thanks for sharing