Scientists Discover Striking Orange Killifish in the Amazon’s Threatened Forest Pools
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“Researchers have identified a new species of brightly colored, orange freshwater killifish named Laimosemion laranja in the Brazilian Amazon. The fish is known to inhabit only three disturbed forest pools and belongs to a group capable of lying dormant as embryos during seasonal dry spells.”
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The natural world continues to prove that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The moderate weirdness score suggests this is unusual but not completely unprecedented.
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