I'll be honest. I don't know where to start. This organism, the "googly-eyed" fish, more properly known as a barreleye fish (Opisthoproctus soleatus)**, is some kind of amazing. Those things you think are eyes? Nope, that's their nostrils. Those green globs in the "cockpit" of its head? Those are the eyes.
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| From Understanding Evolution |
It's even better when you see it in motion:
If you're not amazed by biology at this point. Check your pulse!
*I loved this commercial when I was young just for that one line at the end.
**Since we're getting into taxonomy, I thought you'd like to know it's in the order Protacanthopterygii. Yep, it sounds just like it's spelled. No, it won't be on the test.
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