First-of-its-Kind Bright Orange Shark Discovered by Fishermen
Though researchers have previously recorded xanthism in animals, this is the first definitive case of a nurse shark with the trait.
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This type of claw-waving behavior is crucial for fiddler crab reproduction.


The footage comes from a remotely operated vehicle 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) undersea.


Researchers have named the newly discovered large insect Acrophylla alta.