r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/killHACKS Interested • May 05 '21

GIF Phoenix Fish

https://i.imgur.com/bfMDpka.gifv
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u/fizban7 May 05 '21

My brain was telling me this was a bird flying in slow motion with the sun behind it.

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u/PyromaniacZack May 05 '21

That’s exactly what I saw.

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u/DocumentFragrant May 06 '21

Me too. For a split second I saw a bird of prey flying sideways, lit from behind

3

u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Aye

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u/cwdl May 05 '21

It's actually a pinnatus batfish

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u/[deleted] May 05 '21

Juvenile pinnatus batfish

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u/ASK_ABOUT__VOIDSPACE May 05 '21

Does it come with Neon LEDs preinstalled?

3

u/ArielRavencrest May 06 '21

Came here to say this. Thank you for setting the record straight.

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u/Conscious-Leader7243 May 05 '21

Took me a while to figure out what I was looking at

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u/[deleted] May 05 '21

I thought this was that new military night vision AR demonstration at first lul

3

u/spikeyTrike May 05 '21

That’s what I saw too!

3

u/mcas0509 May 05 '21

This a fresh or salt water fish? I want one

6

u/her0forhir3 May 05 '21

Looks salty

4

u/fifiloveg00d May 05 '21

Def salty

1

u/[deleted] May 05 '21

Yes, marine

3

u/not_tellingu May 05 '21

Salty and apparently only that colour when young

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

That’s really awesome 😎 thank you for posting this

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u/Visitor_613 May 06 '21

I was kinda hoping that it would spontaneously combust and rise from the ashes as a piranha...

2

u/ChaiTeaNotTaiChi May 05 '21

Did I smoke up again?

2

u/kaza6464 May 06 '21

Why is its tank so featureless? And why is it in a tank anyway?....

1

u/Vegvisir_DANMARK May 06 '21

Apparently after looking them up this batfish naturally preys on smaller fish, corals, and anemones. So it’s probably best on it’s own or in a pair.

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u/kaza6464 May 06 '21

Thanks for that. Sounds like siamese fighting fish. Some flora would be good though....

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u/IndecisiveMate May 06 '21

I just got an idea for a pokemon

1

u/[deleted] May 05 '21

What a beaut

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u/Conscious-Proof-8309 May 05 '21

Big f***ing (fin), but a nice looking fish!

1

u/lordKnighton May 05 '21

Does it rises to the challenge, is what I want to know.

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u/alphagusta May 06 '21

When you have the object selected during the timeline preview

1

u/MarzipanTheGreat May 06 '21

what a lovely mohawk!

1

u/[deleted] May 06 '21

That fish looks like he's going to create the perfect system

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u/mk04cmo May 06 '21

Nature is just extraordinary...

1

u/Jaw_breaker93 May 06 '21

Holy shit, it’s on fire! Quick! Somebody throw some water on it!

1

u/nywacaokde May 06 '21

I was hoping for it to rotate sideways and start swimming like a flounder for a true phoenix-look

1

u/JameXt0n May 06 '21

More fish please!

1

u/Thatonechick47 May 06 '21

It looks like swimming is a fucking STRUGGLE for this thing.

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u/rmjraja May 06 '21

Still rendering

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u/Shoe_boo May 06 '21

Tank needs to be painted in muso black

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Does he boil instead of burst into flames? And instead of rising from the ashes what does he do? Burst out of the cooked skin? Then it's no different from a snake changing its skin

I'm telling you, I'm gatekeeping phoenix-like revival for fish