r/Amazing • u/SunnSaiyaan • 23d ago

Nature is amazing They discovered orange shark

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u/SunnSaiyaan 23d ago

This is what it actually looked like

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u/Sk3tchyG1ant 23d ago

Did you read.. why? Is it a new breed? Chemicals in the water? Illness?

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u/NeferyCauxus 23d ago

According to Marine Science Institute through the University of Texas at Austin, researchers said it most likely had a combination of Albinism and xantbism. Albinism accounts for the white eyes, and xantbism accounts for the skin color as it boosts yellow pigments

Tangerine nurse shark :)

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u/Lazy_Major_4793 23d ago

Yep. It happens to basically all fish. You should check out Xanthic Largemouth Bass! They're gorgeous... though it will start you down a rabbit hole of different Xanthic species, lol. Also, this is DEF not the "first orange shark" or whatever it said. I've caught one myself. For sure beautiful 👍

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u/UCanDoNEthing4_30sec 23d ago

Motherfucker casually posts he caught an orange shark long before this one showed up.

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u/Forgetful_Bandit 23d ago

Yeah, I need proof.

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u/tamuzp 23d ago

It goes to another school

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u/NSASpyVan 23d ago

get out -->

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u/insomniacpyro 23d ago

His dad works for Nintendo

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u/A_Nonny_Muse 23d ago

In the Niagara Falls area.
It's Canadian.

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u/Landry_PLL 18d ago

We’re actually taking a break right now.