Anglerfish — or folk hero? Why this 6-inch deep-sea fish won over the internet’s hearts
"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...
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The internet is sobbing over sighting of deep-sea anglerfish surfacing before death: Video
A black seadevil anglerfish has captured − and broken − hearts across the globe after the small deep-sea creature swam to the surface in Spain's Canary Islands just before dying. A TikTok user ...
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How a dying anglerfish became a global icon on social media
A humpback anglerfish, usually found deep underwater, was filmed near the surface. The amazed scientists and sparked online ...
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Why Are People Mourning The Death Of An Anglerfish? The Anglerfish Who Swam To The Surface And Died Explained
A rare video of an anglerfish swimming to the surface of the ocean is going viral right now, but people are learning that the beautiful video comes with a tragic ending. The clip started going ...
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‘The way I sobbed’: The internet is mourning the deep-sea anglerfish who swam to the surface to die
TikTok users are mourning, celebrating, and mythologizing an anglerfish who was spotted rising to the surface of the sea before dying. Marine wildlife photographers and researchers from ...
'Icarus Of The Deep': How A Dying Anglerfish Became A Social Media Sensation
Photographer David Jara Boguñá filmed a humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii, a species of black seadevil) swimming ...
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Marine expert addresses viral anglerfish video that broke millions of hearts: 'A lot of hypotheses'
A deep-sea anglerfish that was recently spotted in shallow waters has captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of social media users in recent days – and the photographer who spotted it ...
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Gen Zs are literally sobbing over viral video of ‘small but mighty’ anglerfish: ‘We are so proud’
Gen Zers are crying an ocean over the saga of a small anglerfish that perished shortly after swimming to the surface, as seen in TikTok videos with millions of views. David Jara Boguna/Condrik ...
Why Did The Deep Sea Anglerfish Rise Thousands of Feet in the Ocean? Scientists Baffled by Odd Behaviour – 'I Thought It Was AI!'
Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...
How a dying anglerfish became the darling of social media
The creatures are named for their bioluminescent lure (or esca). This modified dorsal fin ray can produce a glow used to fish (or angle) for prey in the dim depths of the sea. The bioluminescence is ...