As appropriate for a post about fish I’ve taken the bait and looked up just what the fuck is going on. It’s a barreleye or macropinna microstoma and it’s pretty cool.
Eyes
Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Some Macropinna microstoma have evolved to have a large snout and an anal fin.
Anal fin is now in my vocabulary.
salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
“Like eyeing fish in a barrel!”
… Thanks Animal Crossing!
kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 months ago
“I barreleye caught it!”
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
i equal parts love and hate this kinda thing, seeing the fucked up shit evolution can turn animals into is so morbidly fascinating.
like how barnacles are horrifyingly twisted crabs, if you cut one in half you can see how there’s a compressed crustacean inside the shell. They are their own mech pilots, rooted in place, they have no mouth and they must scream.
TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 2 months ago
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I remember being scared that spondgebob wouldn’t be able to get back up from there, but I saw him get out
scytale@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s like wearing goggles.
propter_hog@hexbear.net 2 months ago
And they’re pointing up, not forward. It can see forward, but in the same way as you can see beside you
lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I love swimming, but murky waters scare the shit out of me. And of course I feel like a creeper at a public pool. Oh well
morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
well if the eyes are inside the skull, it’d better be transparent!
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Their also better protected against attacks, clever evolution.
Downside is probably seeing way less clearly but for a mostly pitch black world its plenty.