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A viral TikTok clip of a strange creature emerging from a borewell helped scientists discover a brand new fish species living deep underground near the India-Nepal border. The tiny, pale fish evolved in total darkness for so long that it now wriggles like an earthworm and has almost no eyes.
A minute-long TikTok video of a strange fish emerging from a hand-pumped well in India helped scientists discover an entirely new species living deep beneath one of the world's most populated regions. The tiny, eyeless creature represents the first underground fish ever recorded in the Gangetic Basin.