Hiu mata satu yang aneh - Cyclops the Shark
Talk about a one-of-a-kind discovery—an extremely rare cyclops shark has been confirmed in Mexico.
The 22-inch-long (56-centimeter-long) fetus has a single, functioning
eye at the front of its head—the hallmark of a congenital condition
called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal species, including
humans.
Earlier this year fisher Enrique Lucero León legally caught a
pregnant dusky shark near Cerralvo Island (see map) in the Gulf of
California. When León cut open his catch, he found the odd-looking male
embryo along with its nine normal siblings.
Cyclops shrak with normal siblings
Cyclops sharks have been documented by scientists a few times before,
also as embryos, said Jim Gelsleichter, a shark biologist at the
University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The fact that none have
been caught outside the womb suggests cyclops sharks don’t survive long
in the wild.
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