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Warm-blooded fish traps its own heat in the deep

BBC News, 18 May 2015.

The large and colourful opah has become the first known "warm-blooded" fish, as scientists discovered it can regulate the temperature of its whole body, writes BBC News. Read the full story here.

An Opah, Lampris guttatus. Source: Ralph Pace / NOAA Fisheries Service. License: Public Domain/Creative Commons (taken from Fishes of Australia)

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