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Halfmoon Betta fish on black background.

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They call it the fish that walks, a small but entrancing creature meandering along the silty depths of Tasmania’s Derwent River. At just five inches long, the Spotted Handfish seems more like a miniature explorer than a typical swimmer, slowly pacing along the substrate on pectoral fins that act like stubby hands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRZD0c1lGKg It’s a…

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The McCosker's Flasher Wrasse The McCosker's Flasher Wrasse or Paracheilinus mccoskeri is a flasher wrasse from the western Indo-Pacific, where they are...

Pareidolia is not just a simple mind trick making you see funny faces on things when there actually are none. It's no sign of psychosis coming your way either, but rather a quite complex, pre-historical self-defense mechanism. Yes, it's true, seeing unlikely faces helped our ancestors survive; if you presumed that the rustling bush has a saber-toothed tigers' face hidden behind the leaves, chances are you'd run and save yourself if there actually was a beast lurking in the greenery.

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Photographer Matias Alexandro travels across the world to shoot underwater photography, from Ibiza to the Bahamas