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Before this finding, scientists didn’t know of any fish that were ultra-black. The only known ultra-black vertebrates were birds-of-paradise and a couple of other bird species. Unlike the birds, however, these fish use the color as a kind of camouflage 2/ https://t.co/3vZdpidgVm — PolitiTweet.org

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Scientists just discovered 16 species of deep-sea fish with “ultra-black” skin. One species absorbs an astonishing 99.956% of light that hits it—making it nearly as black as the human-made Vantablack. Here’s what we know about the Vantafish 1/ https://t.co/jJ9UIlk9vo — PolitiTweet.org

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While the sun’s photons don’t penetrate past 200 meters, the ocean’s depths are aglow with bioluminescence. Anything emitting light attracts attention, both for prey and predators. Cloaked in some of the blackest black in the animal kingdom, Vantafish are virtually invisible 3/ https://t.co/hIXFVpcRD8 — PolitiTweet.org

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