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Scientists Learn Secrets From Ultra-Black Skin That Allows Deep-Sea Fish to Lurk Unseen – SciTechDaily
Packed pigment granules help them blend in without blowing their cover. If there were a stagehand of the sea, wearing black to disappear into the darkness backstage, it might be the dragonfish. Or the common fangtooth. These fish live in the ocean’s inky dept…
This deep-sea dragonfish has ultra-black skin capable of absorbing the bioluminescent light that might blow its cover. Credit: Photo by Karen Osborn, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Packed pigment granules help them blend in without blowing their cover.
If there were a stagehand of the sea, wearing black to disappear into the darkness backstage, it might be the dragonfish. Or the common fangtooth.
These fish live in the ocean’s inky depths where there is nowhere to take cover. …
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