Aussie Enviro · 6 months ago

Rescue operation to save red handfish as marine heatwave strikes off south-east Australian coast

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Rescue operation to save red handfish as marine heatwave strikes off south-east Australian coast

Aussie Enviro · 6 months ago

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With around only 100 of these small, peculiar fish thought to exist in the wild, the decision has been made to take a quarter of those into captivity to safeguard the population — before a worsening marine heatwave wreaks havoc.

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I can’t find any reference to them being venomous, though that was a quick search on my part.
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  I was being facetious based on them looking similar.
  
  Poor wee things.
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    Truly, only 50 to 100 left is really tragic.

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