Japan's marine DNA study finds 126 fish species farther north

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers in Japan found one hundred twenty-six fish species living farther north than anyone had recorded, and they did it by testing the water, the Phys.org report says.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich means we have a ceremony. BBN's Animal of the Day goes to the northbound fish of Japan, all hundred twenty-six species of them.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody saw them, Vera. Scientists took twenty-six hundred seventy-two water samples at three hundred sixteen locations and read the DNA the fish left behind.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo they were so committed to the move that they left evidence. Their official title is Most Likely to Have Been Here.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCareer stat line: seven years, two thousand seventeen through twenty twenty-four, and not one headshot.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd two of them are Japanese scad and blacktip grouper, which fishermen actually care about.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lead researcher, Timothy Ravasi, says fishermen are already pulling up different catches than a few decades ago. So they noticed first.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet's be clear, these fish did not flee north. They pursued a northern opportunity, and left a sample.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm a little emotional.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe trophy is in the water. Somebody just has to test the water.