Image of the Day: Kissing Fish
Though it’s considered to be the second most poisonous vertebrate in the world, this puffer fish (Arothron hispidus) seems harmless enough, kissing a camera lens off the coast of Hawaii.
Jan 31, 2013
Wikimedia, Brocken Inaglory
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