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New "Dracula" Fish Discovered

news.nationalgeographic.com — While he may not vant to suck your blood, the male fish seen above does sport spooky-looking fangs that have earned it the name Danionella dracula...

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  • jayjayjoni, on 03/16/2009, -1/+28KILL IT WITH GARLIC!
  • inactive, on 03/15/2009, -0/+15Looks like a prehistoric fish.
  • Daedalus000, on 03/16/2009, -0/+9"Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren't used for feeding...the researchers think the males use their extralong fangs to spar with each other during aggressive displays."

    Pretty cool how much of organismal interaction boils down to intraspecies competition, notably among males in the name of natural selection.
  • soze1, on 03/16/2009, -0/+7They make it look so much cooler in that top picture.
  • thebigredcat, on 03/16/2009, -0/+7Cool! I want extra long fangs to spar with others during my aggressive displays too. That would contrast nicely with my vibrantly colored plumage.
  • P1um, on 03/16/2009, -0/+7Dude... you have a dent in your eye.
  • soupwithafork, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5Interesting how the fish was in an aquarium tank, in the museum, all along.
  • holygram, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5First picture = badass scary fish
    second picture = not so much
  • hazypensieve, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5That is one ugly fish.
  • ban485, on 03/16/2009, -0/+30.7in. Vicious.
  • DiggMasterJ, on 03/15/2009, -0/+3does it turn into a bat?
  • digiguy, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2It was my lunch today
  • inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2Buried for the sensationalist "Dracula" title
  • TheTikiTony, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2Yeah, damn scientists, what have they ever done for mankind? O.o
  • po43292, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2It looks so sad.
  • topgigmedia, on 03/16/2009, -1/+3it lives in the castle at the top of the reef
  • readacook, on 03/16/2009, -1/+3"Mom, they're making fun of my teeth again..."

    "Don't you listen to them. Look, I made you some Tang and rice krispies."
  • dangerdooms, on 03/16/2009, -1/+3DAMN NATURE U SCARY
  • gforce051, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1That bottom fish has some serious underbite.
  • unabsolute, on 03/15/2009, -0/+1BionicSix? wtf?
  • sandersdamnit, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1My cousin Kevin helped discover this thing. Good ***** job mate. Cheers
  • WilliamAdama, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Disgusting
  • inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1I dugg this already last week.


    I'm so cool.


  • inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Science is such an asshat sport. They ask for millions of dollars in funding to scour the oceans depths and they find it in the fish tank of a chinese takeout aquarium. Meaning : you can either buy these things or just grab them off the shore - just nobody thought to look in the obvious place. ***** you science.
  • GunWraith, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Ah igit, Blah! DAMNIT!
  • ezyeric, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1A fish with fangs is news?
  • inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1BLAH!
  • hazard99, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1Burried.

    Does not contain mountain goats and it's not a n xkcd comic.
  • inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Holy ***** that looks just like my best friend's last boyfriend
  • Latigoliath, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1You vait a veek...
  • ColWilmington, on 03/16/2009, -1/+1What is a fish?
  • PoliticalWinds, on 03/16/2009, -1/+1Is that the same fish? It looks like the fish on top has an overbite whereas the one on bottom has an underbite
  • ThatGeek, on 03/16/2009, -1/+1im not going to sleep tonight
  • supersiory, on 03/16/2009, -0/+0its an animal living in the water dofus
  • ColWilmington, on 03/16/2009, -0/+0Actually, the answer we were looking for was, "A miserable little pile of secrets!"
  • burgerkillHXC, on 03/16/2009, -0/+0thats one creepy looking *****
  • WeirdNGilly, on 03/16/2009, -1/+1Don't blame National Geographic News -- blame the scientists who actually named the species Danionella dracula.
  • Exuro89, on 03/16/2009, -1/+1How the hell do we have something
    "undiscovered" in captivity?
    In a museum fishtank?

    anyone else go WTF?
  • DavidTurnbull, on 03/16/2009, -3/+2I for one welcome our new Dracula fish overlords.
  • zakatak, on 03/15/2009, -3/+1Vi want to suuucck your bloooood.

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