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    "title":"Fish With Transparent Head Filmed",

    "transcript":"\u003Cp\u003Ep.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\u003B font\u002Dsize: 12pt\u003B font\u002Dfamily: \u0022Times New Roman\u0022\u003B }div.Section1 { page: Section1\u003B }\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EPhotographed 2,000 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, the Macropinna microstoma, known as the barreleye fish, is small and dark with large fins, a tiny mouth, and unusual ‘barrel’ eyes under a transparent dome.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe eyes are enclosed within the transparent shield… sort of like the glass canopy of a jet fighter.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAbove the mouth, the two dark capsules that appear to be eyes, actually contain the fish’s olfactory organs, or the equivalent of nostrils.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ETypically the barreleye sits quietly in the water, using its big fins for stability while it scans the water above for food.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EWhen it spots food, it can rotate its eyes to look forward to include its mouth in the field of view.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EScientists speculate that the barreleye steals food from siphonophores\u002D\u002D elongated jellies with tentacles that capture prey that swims into them. They believe the barreleye swims into the tentacles and steals the food from the siphonophore.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe shield over its eyes protects them from the stinging cells of the siphonophore’s tentacles.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe barreleye can also rotate its eyes to avoid predators, or avoid being captured by scientists.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe fish, discovered alive by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E It had been known since 1939—but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp class\u003D\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EVideo courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",

    "description":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time, a live Pacific barreleye fish—complete with transparent head—has been caught on video. The deep\u002Dsea fish\u0027s tubular eyes pivot under a clear dome. \u002D\u002D\u003Cem\u003EPublished February 24, 2009\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
    
    "credit":" 2009 National Geographic\u003B Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute",
    

    
    
    
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