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What the Heck?! Images of Evolution's Extreme Oddities

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Red lipped batfish, evolution

(Image credit: From WTF, Evolution?! - Workman Publishing. Red-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini). Photo © Mark Conlin/Getty Images
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Ogcocephalus darwini

Come on, Evolution, you cannot be serious with this sh- Oh, wait. OH. Ha! I get it. Clearly, the red-lipped batfish is a work of satire, not meant to be taken as a literal "animal," which would of course be ridiculous. Sorry, I can be a bit slow sometimes. Nice one.

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Mara Grunbaum