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Fridays are shrimply the best. ⁠

This deep-sea shrimp, Acanthephyra sp., can be found at depths between 500 and 3,000 meters (1,640 and 9,840 feet). Like many other animals in the deep sea, these shrimp use red pigments to hide because red light is one of the first wavelengths of visible light to be absorbed by the ocean (at approximately 100 meters), rendering any animal using it invisible. The red coloration is visible in this image because lights shining from the ROV illuminate the scene.