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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: New Eel Species, Air-lectricity, Russian Spy Whale
Description: Hello everyone! It's time for another edition of News Bites!
I'm Paz Bueno…
And I'm Nancy Sun.
In today's news:
Taiwanese scientists discover a new animal, electricity that's all around us, and a possible Russian spy.
Stay tuned!
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台灣科學家發現無眼鰻魚
Taiwanese Scientists Discover Eyeless Eels
In the Philippines and Australia, scientists found something special in dark underwater caves (陰暗的水下洞穴).
The unique sea snake, often called a 'moray eel' (海鰻), was discovered by a team including scientists from the National Sun Yat-sen University.
Now, these eels live in super dark caves (超級黑暗的洞穴).
They are slowly losing their eyes because, down there, they simply don't need them!
The scientists caught nine of these eels.
They found...