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Weird Fish Breaks Largest Animal Genome Record With 30x Our DNA


The longest genome of all the animals on Earth belongs not to a giant, or a cognitively advanced critter, but a writhing, water-dwelling creature seemingly frozen in time, right at the cusp of evolving into a beast that can live on land.

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