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Albino Ratfish
September 26, 2007Sometimes you have to wonder why certain things are. For example, today I found out that there is actually something called an "Albino Ratfish." Why on earth would there be an albino ratfish? I mean, I suppose if there was a ratfish and it lived in white caves it might evolve into an albino ratfish, because then it could, you know, hide really well. But that begs the question - Why is there a regular ratfish?
In case you were wondering where the name came from:
The fish probably owe their name to their exceptionally long tails and rodentlike teeth that crush up clams and other prey lurking in the mud.
Nice. Rodentlike teeth that can crush clams. Someone alert Stephen King...
Photo of the Albino Ratfish (I would put a copy here but I don't want to ugly-up the blog with ratfishes. fishies. ratfish. You know what I mean.)