Scientists discovered a new species of deep-sea fish that is so fragile it would 'melt' if it left the ocean

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• Using a deep-reaching device equipped with underwater cameras and a lure, researchers have discovered three new species of fish in the Atacama Trench.
• One of the species, a snail fish, is scale-free, has a translucent, "gelatinous" structure, and can be pink, blue, or purple.
• The fish are so fragile that if they were removed from the extreme pressure and cold to which they're accustomed, they would rapidly melt.

 

About 160 kilometres from the coast of Chile and Peru, the Atacama Trench is one of the deepest sea channels in the world.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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