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        "description": "<p>For the first time, a live Pacific barreleye fish\u2014complete with transparent head\u2014has been caught on video. The deep-sea fish's tubular eyes pivot under a clear dome. --<em>Published February 24, 2009</em></p>", 
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        "title": "Fish With Transparent Head Filmed", 
        "url": "http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/animals-news/transparent-fish-video-vin/", 
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                    "url": "http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/fish-transparent-head-barreleye-picture/index.html", 
                    "name": "FIRST PHOTOS: Fish With Transparent Head, \"Barrel\" Eyes"
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        "credit": " 2009 National Geographic; Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute", 
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        "still": "http://video.nationalgeographic.com/exposure/transcode/0/480/360/?url=http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/media/transparent-fish-video-vin/transparent-fish-video-vin_480x360.jpg", 
        "transcript": "<p>p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Photographed 2,000 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, the Macropinna microstoma, known as the barreleye fish, is small and dark with large fins, a tiny mouth, and unusual \u2018barrel\u2019 eyes under a transparent dome.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em> </em></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The eyes are enclosed within the transparent shield\u2026 sort of like the glass canopy of a jet fighter.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Above the mouth, the two dark capsules that appear to be eyes, actually contain the fish\u2019s olfactory organs, or the equivalent of nostrils.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Typically the barreleye sits quietly in the water, using its big fins for stability while it scans the water above for food.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">When it spots food, it can rotate its eyes to look forward to include its mouth in the field of view.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Scientists speculate that the barreleye steals food from siphonophores-- elongated jellies with tentacles that capture prey that swims into them. They believe the barreleye swims into the tentacles and steals the food from the siphonophore.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The shield over its eyes protects them from the stinging cells of the siphonophore\u2019s tentacles.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The barreleye can also rotate its eyes to avoid predators, or avoid being captured by scientists.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The fish, discovered alive by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.</p><p> It had been known since 1939\u2014but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute</em></p>", 
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