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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 32 points 4 months ago

Allow us to be more transparent for you.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do critters like this even sustain their bodies? Are their blood and nervous systems transparent too?

[–] T156@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Their nervous system isn't. You can see it in the photo.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I imagine this creature would probably be almost entirely invisible under water and look like just a pair of eyes and a spine.

What if there are bigger fish?

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 20 points 4 months ago

That’s cute. Now throw it back. Thanks.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 4 months ago

You’re looking at it.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming it's a 2-way digestive tract

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

No, fish have digestive tracts that go all the way through. Changing that would be way harder than keeping it mostly empty or full of water to make it clear.

[–] bss03 4 points 4 months ago

CW: Visible notochord.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Only John Cena is perfectly clear.

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Zebrafish are good for experiments because you can test phenotypes with a microscope without killing it.

[–] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago
[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago