Black dragonfish

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These deep-sea fish have ultra-black skin that absorbs over 99.95% of light, making them invisible to predators.

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Black dragonfish

In new research published in Current Biology on Thursday, scientists looked at 16 species of deep sea animals that can absorb more than 99.5 percent of visible light directed at them, making them some of the darkest known animals.

The ocean is, in many ways, another world. It is a place that is quite different from the Earth that we know and experience on a day-to-day basis. Case in point: Meet the black dragonfish. This little creature is also known as Idiacanthus atlanticus, and to be frank, the little guys look rather terrifying. In fact, they look […]

The black dragonfish -- Idiacanthus atlanticus -- is a rather strange-looking, long and slender fish that lives in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic waters of the world's oceans, typically being found at depths of between 5000-7000 feet.

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