Meet the demon catshark, a new deep water dwelling species with ghostly white eyes discovered off the coast of Australia

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The demon catshark, a deep water species discovered off the coast of Australia.
The demon catshark, a deep water species discovered off the coast of Australia.

CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection

A researcher said she named a new butterfly species after the 'Lord of the Rings' villain partly because spending 10 years on the study felt like the eye of Sauron looking at her

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A picture of one of the Saurona butterflies.
The museum says the black rings on the vivid orange wings are "reminiscent of the all-seeing Eye."

B. Huertas (c) Trustees Natural History Museum

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