Photographer Captures Rare Fish That Walks on its Hands

Photographer Captures Rare Fish That Walks on its Hands

Source: petapixel

8/31/2023

Photographer Captures Rare Fish That Walks on its Hands

A photographer captured one of the rarest animals in the world — a fish that can walk on its hands.

It is believed there are less than 3,000 spotted handfish left in the wild, and the only place you can see them is in Tasmania, Australia which is where underwater photographer Nicolas Remy traveled to.

“I took these handfish photographs in July 2022, diving the Derwent River near Hobart (Tasmania),” Remy tells PetaPixel.

“I found most of the handfish on a relatively shallow site (less than 10 meters depth), where the water was 11 to 12 degrees Celsius in temperature, courtesy of the Tasmanian Winter.

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