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First fully warm-blooded fish discovered

Friday, May 15, 2015
First warm-blooded fish discovered

Scientists working off the west coast of the United States recently discovered the Opah, or moonfish, is warm-blooded.

It's the first fish known to be fully warm-blooded.

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