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Episode 2.6 Deep-sea fish


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Welcome back to Episode 2.6!

On today’s ep:

  • Short weeks
  • A chemistry crash course on bioluminescence 
  • Angler fish lures
  • Massive stomachs
  • Sexual parasitism
  • Eye balls 

Today we get into a few papers around the wild, whacky creatures that are deep sea fish and question “are they the embodiment of real life thriller movies?” Yes. They are. The answer is yes. 

Papers:
Bioluminescence:
https://www.britannica.com/science/bioluminescence

Sexual parasitism:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaz9445

Symbiosis:
https://elifesciences.org/articles/47606

Rod opsins:
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aav4632

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