FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head

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25 Feb 2009, 11:59 pm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... index.html

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February 23, 2009--With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes--topped by green, orblike lenses--in a picture released today but taken in 2004.

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26 Feb 2009, 12:08 am

that looks photoshopped to me.

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26 Feb 2009, 12:10 am

Postperson wrote:

that looks photoshopped to me.

are you joking? It's obviously real, at least to me. What do the rest of you think?

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26 Feb 2009, 12:33 am

national geographic is a pretty legit source. watch the video, seems real to me.

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26 Feb 2009, 12:39 am

tinky wrote:

national geographic is a pretty legit source. watch the video, seems real to me.

Yeah. I don't think they've ever had a shopped photo on their website. It's a really good source of information.

Also watch the video because it contains more information. It looks really graceful.

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26 Feb 2009, 12:58 am

Postperson wrote:

that looks photoshopped to me.

Looks like that to me too... I don't doubt the authenticity of it, I just think that's how it looks... very strange...

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26 Feb 2009, 1:34 am

ShadesOfMe wrote:

tinky wrote:

national geographic is a pretty legit source. watch the video, seems real to me.

Yeah. I don't think they've ever had a shopped photo on their website. It's a really good source of information.

Also watch the video because it contains more information. It looks really graceful.

National Geographic is indeed a reputable source, but they do photoshop pictures some times.

To my knowledge, its limited to aesthetic alterations (and then mostly for cover art), and I doubt they'd blatantly lie about something like this.

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26 Feb 2009, 1:39 am

yeah i couldn't be bothered watching the video because they force an ad on you first, but sometimes it's a hoax and the publications get sucked into the hoax too.

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26 Feb 2009, 2:07 am

Postperson wrote:

yeah i couldn't be bothered watching the video because they force an ad on you first, but sometimes it's a hoax and the publications get sucked into the hoax too.

I didn't get an ad. :/

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26 Feb 2009, 4:23 am

I believe in invisible-headed fish. Great photo. Fish are extraordinary :nemo:

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26 Feb 2009, 5:04 am

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26 Feb 2009, 3:41 pm

Someone should photoshop that pic so it looks like theres an aquarium in the fish's head, with fish swimming in it... that would be so cool...

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26 Feb 2009, 6:43 pm

That's my new favourite fish.

I though the nostril were the eyes to start with. That is very cleaver, eyes that can look into the mouth, and scan above.

I am not sure what they are saying 'barrel' eyes, I would say more like turret eyes.

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