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New piranha-like fish with 'human teeth' and Eye of Sauron marking found deep within the AmazonA new species of piranha-like fish called pacu was recently found hiding in plain sight among several near-identical species in the Amazon River. Researchers have named it after Sauron from "The Lord of the Rings."
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Gigantic sunfish that washed up on Oregon beach could be the largest of its species ever foundA rare giant hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore Gearhart beach in Oregon could be the largest of its species ever sampled.
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Florida shark attacks caused by heat, not scary orcas, experts sayPeople had linked recent shark attacks in the Florida panhandle to orca activity in the Gulf. But a combination of dry weather and heat was the real driving force.
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Florida's smalltooth sawfish mass die-off mystery deepens as lab results provide no cluesDespite numerous tests, experts still can't figure out why smalltooth sawfish in Florida are dying in such a strange way — spinning, thrashing and beaching themselves.
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Nightmarish 'footballfish' washes up dead on US beach in potential 1st-of-its-kind occurrenceA female Pacific footballfish was found dead on an Oregon beach — potentially for the first time ever. It is currently unclear what killed the alien-looking creature and how it was dragged up from the depths.
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Ancient, 30-foot relative of great white shark unearthed in Mexico quarry"Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like — and why it may have gone extinct.
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Anglerfish entered the midnight zone 55 million years ago and thrived by becoming sexual parasitesAnglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by becoming sexual parasites, the researchers said.
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There's 5 times as many bull sharks off Alabama now — but don't worry about shark bitesJuvenile bull shark numbers have significantly increased in Mobile Bay, Alabama, as waters warm — but swimmers don't need to worry, researchers say.
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Smalltooth sawfish in Florida are spinning and beaching themselves in strange, mystery die-offErratically thrashing and whirling smalltooth sawfish are stranding on beaches — and scientists don't know why they're behaving this way.
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