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Explaining The Ocean on Instagram: "👁✨ Meet the Telescope Fish — one of the strangest hunters of the deep. Living 500–2000 meters below the surface, this elusive predator has rarely been seen alive. In 2001, MBARI’s ROV Tiburon filmed a pair drifting at 1214 meters near Hawaii — a once-in-a-lifetime sighting. With tubular eyes and massive lenses, the Telescope Fish is built to detect glowing prey in the pitch black. Its jaw can even swallow creatures larger than itself, while its body shimmers