Rare species of crawling fish discovered.

[~~whimsy~~]

Antonia Cooper and her research team had been diving for two hours. Hailing from the University of Tasmania's Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies and the citizen science program Reef Life Survey, the group had received a tip from the public that a rare species of fish had been spotted near a reef miles off Tasmania's south-east coast, and the divers wanted to find it.

But with more than half of their three-and-a-half-hour search already over, the team hadn't found the fish. Cooper was ready to call it a day and gestured for her diving partner to call off the rest of the group. Before heading back in, she was half-heartedly fiddling with a stray piece of algae when she spotted something red in the water.

"Lo and behold, I found a red handfish," Cooper says in a video. "That was very exciting."

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/rare-red-handfish-endangered-tasmania-hobart-bay-spd/

 

[Will E Worm]

Tasmanian Red Handfish

Looney Tunes new character.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Thank you for uploading a pic :hatsoff:

I think its fascinating how they don't have to be dependent on one setting. I'd want one as a pet if they weren't highly endangered.

 

[DrakeM]

Wow, I think they've found the next Republican candidate for president once Trump leaves.