Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram – The wild is all around us and sometimes all it takes to discover a new species is going about a normal day. This was the case for Mr. Abraham, a local stage director living in Kerala State, India, who discovered a new species of fish while taking a shower.
Hidden from light and isolated beneath the soil’s surface in the narrow aquifers of the southern Indian state of Kerala, live sightless subterranean freshwater fish like the new Pathala Eel Loach. Despite this fortuitous discovery, accessing these fishes and unlocking their secrets is no easy task.
Follow the link in bio to read more about how citizen science in Kerala State, India, is the key for researchers to study these unknown, underground ecosystems.
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Photo by C.P. Arjun | Posted on 18/Jul/2023 03:28:47