07-16-2020, 04:47 PM
The Pacific blackdragon is one of 16 species that scientists just discovered has specialized “ultra-black" skin, rendering the fish virtually invisible in the depths
... [which], along with 15 other species that Osborn and her colleagues have found so far, camouflage themselves with “ultra-black” skin, the deep-sea version of Vantablack, the famous human-made material that absorbs almost all the light you shine at it. These fish have evolved a different and devilishly clever way of going ultra-black with incredible efficiency: One species the researchers found absorbs 99.956 percent of the light that hits it, making it nearly as black as Vantablack.
Paging HP Lovecraft! “Mister C’thulu’ is holding on line 1.
