Translucent Sea Creatures - Neatorama

National Geographic always has cool photo galleries, but I especially like this one. This guy is a cowfish, and although he's transparent, he's glowing purple because of the photographer's strobe. He's kind of cute.

Link, photo by Chris Newbert

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Aw, but I feel kind of cheated out from not seeing any pictures of the translucent creepy animals of the deep. They always give me interesting nightmares.

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He's cute! Moo!

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The cowfish displays a favose or honeycomb pattern in his flesh. I never thought I would use that word when I learned it, but I actually see favoid patterns all the time now and I'm glad I know a word to describe them.

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That stuff is always fascinating.

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He is the Sir Grapefellow of the oceans. And for that, we love him.

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