A deep-sea creature only recorded alive on one other occasion has been seen for what's believed to be the first time in broad daylight. Per National Geographic, researchers from the Condrik Tenerife NGO working near the Canary Islands off the coast of Tenerife caught a glimpse on Jan. 26 of the frightening-looking humpback anglerfish, scientific name: Melanocetus johnsonii (check out video here). "It was like a dream come true," says marine wildlife photographer David Jara Boguna, who was on the vessel Glaucus when the fish, with its bioluminescent antenna and plethora of sharp teeth, was spotted. "When I was a kid, I had a book with some deep-sea creatures, and I loved the illustrations. They were crazy to me. The animals didn't look real."
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