Fisherman Enrique Lucero León has filled our minds with wonder. The Mexican fisherman dis-covered a Cyclops shark within the tummy of a pregnant dusky shark he caught off Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California, reports National Geographic. Article resource: Extremely rare Cyclops shark discov-ered off Mexico
The eye of the beast
At 22 inches long, the Cyclops shark fetus could not be large enough to inspire deep sea nightmares, but the fact that it has just a single eye at the front of its head - a product of the congenital condition cyclopia - makes it no less unset-tling. Numerous species, humans involved, are susceptible to the birth defect.
Leon was on sight when it was discovered. He knew this was a significant thing to look into. The discovery Leon had was first found on Facebook by Interdisci-plinary Center of Marine Sciences’ Biologist Felipe Galvan-Magana in...
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