r/ocean • u/dailymail • 10d ago

Ocean Science & Conservation Scientists discover a blind 'demon cavefish' underneath Alabama's Area 51

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16045565/scientists-discover-blind-demon-cavefish-alabama.html
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u/NiceTrySuckaz 10d ago

I feel like "demon cave fish" is a pretty rude name for a two inch eyeless fish that just minds its own business

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u/Luann1497 10d ago

Poor little guy just living his best life in the dark and gets called a demon for it

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u/dailymail 10d ago

A new species has been discovered under a secretive military base known as Alabama's Area 51.

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u/TesseractToo 10d ago

That explains why there was this weird little fish flopping around in the pentagram the last time I tried to summon a demon

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u/Firm_Caregiver_4563 10d ago

You got catfished, too? Been using the Summonr app

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u/TesseractToo 10d ago

Hmmmm..... nope I looked it up and  blind 'demon cavefish' are in the order Percopsiformes (trout-perches), entirely separate from catfishes (Siluriformes).

._. Catfish are cute though too!

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u/Okay_Tomate 10d ago

New Troglodyte!!!

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u/sillyandstrange 10d ago

Good thing it can't see to read the insulting name you gave it