Bad Things 879 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Species of bioluminescent shark found and photographed in New Zealand waters. Yikes! (btw... 180cm is 6ft) https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/124416008/glowinthedark-shark-found-in-new-zealand-waters-is-largest-known-luminous-vertebrate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Warcodered 13,416 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 The Future is Wild becoming reality? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hapless Bills Fan 27,538 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 48 minutes ago, Bad Things said: Species of bioluminescent shark found and photographed in New Zealand waters. Yikes! (btw... 180cm is 6ft) https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/124416008/glowinthedark-shark-found-in-new-zealand-waters-is-largest-known-luminous-vertebrate Now that's beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Things 879 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 28 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Now that's beautiful! It wouldn't be if it was swimming towards you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hapless Bills Fan 27,538 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 50 minutes ago, Bad Things said: It wouldn't be if it was swimming towards you! I didn't read closely enough - is it a bad shark? Because people are all "shark! Freak TF out!" but my understanding is most are not aggressive to people Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Things 879 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 32 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I didn't read closely enough - is it a bad shark? Because people are all "shark! Freak TF out!" but my understanding is most are not aggressive to people Nah, this is a deep sea shark so wouldn't be a problem to people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limeaid 4,391 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I didn't read closely enough - is it a bad shark? Because people are all "shark! Freak TF out!" but my understanding is most are not aggressive to people When I think shark I ask myself this "How will this shark steak taste?" And I think it is very appropriate to be found by New Zealand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BarleyNY 1,712 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 11 hours ago, Limeaid said: When I think shark I ask myself this "How will this shark steak taste?" And I think it is very appropriate to be found by New Zealand. My desire to spend time in New Zealand has never been greater Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limeaid 4,391 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 11 minutes ago, BarleyNY said: My desire to spend time in New Zealand has never been greater Think of hobbits feasting on shark steaks for dinner and supper. Big Lord of the Rings fan and I'd like to go to NZ and see what was left from movie but I cannot get off work long enough to go to New Zealand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhoTom 5,245 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 "Glow in the dark sharks." Let's see ... Bingo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wacka 1,932 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 This has been known for a while (at least 20 years) that some fish do this but the new thing is that sharks can do this. From the link, you can see that the bottom glows. Where the sharks are there is a very dim light, right at the edge of the darkness. Rh ckiw on the bottom allow them to blend in with the faint light coming from above. The dark upper surface allows them to be invisible from above. I used to work at a biotech company and saw this at conference on bioluminescece at Asilomar, CA back around 2001 or so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BarleyNY 1,712 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 3 hours ago, Limeaid said: Think of hobbits feasting on shark steaks for dinner and supper. Big Lord of the Rings fan and I'd like to go to NZ and see what was left from movie but I cannot get off work long enough to go to New Zealand. Maybe someday. That’s what I keep telling myself. I haven’t had a vacation since before COVID so maybe I’ll be able to splurge on something like NZ when it’s all done. Good luck getting there someday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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