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Another colony of the critically endangered red handfish was recently discovered off the coast of Tasmania. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: http://bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NGWInstagram Named for their hand-shaped fins, red handfish are benthic ocean dwellers that crawl on the seafloor with their limbs. Until now, a group of only 20 to 40 fish were known to be living on a stretch of reef near Hobart's Frederick Henry Bay in Tasmania. Researchers diving off the coast of south-east Tasmania, however, just found a new colony of handfish. This could possibly double the known population to 80 individuals. Read "Rare Fish With 'Hands' Spotted in Tasmania" http://ift.tt/2DDXg87 Rare Red Handfish Colony Discovered in Tasmania | Nat Geo Wild https://youtu.be/vDKmqLlPu-U Nat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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