Deep down in the waters off the coast of Australia, the water is a chilly 34 degrees and no light cuts through the highly pressurized surroundings. It’s a thoroughly inhospitable environment. And yet marine life has been caught living there. A crew of scientists caught a fairly ugly blob of a creature this month, and they were thrilled. It had no visible eyes, mouth, or gills. One scientist said “It looks like two rear-ends on a fish, really.” The scientists were extremely excited to have discovered a new species, and even started thinking of possible names.
But it turns out, they were the second to discover it! It makes sense that the scientists wouldn’t know that at first, though, since the Typhlonus nasus (Faceless’s scientific name) hasn’t been seen around Australia for more than a century. The typhlonus nasus was first collected on August 25, 1874!
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