@mike_thevisionary1: A rare orange nurse shark was documented off the coast of Costa Rica.🦈🧡 Researchers documented an unusually bright orange nurse shark off Costa Rica after anglers encountered it near Tortuguero National Park in 2024. The roughly 6.6-foot adult showed xanthism, which produces yellow-orange pigmentation, along with signs of albinism. Scientists described it as the first confirmed total xanthism case in a nurse shark and the first Caribbean record. #photography #NurseShark #MarineLife References: Marine Biodiversity:First record case of free-living xanthism in the nurse shark from Caribbean Sea. Live Science:Fishers discover first-of-its-kind bright orange shark with two rare conditions in Caribbean. National Geographic:One-of-a-kind golden shark discovered in Costa Rica with rare pigmentation conditions.

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