The gigantic eye swivels around to gaze at me unblinkingly. The cavernous mouth opens to take in water and the yawning hollow beckons the naive morsel with promises of unseen delights. The tail swishes lazily and with one smooth fluid stroke, the glistening streamlined body undulates forward several feet.Suddenly there is a blinding flash of light, and the reflections bouncing off the water’s surface die out to reveal an unremarkable area of water totally devoid of any life. Of the microscopic dwarf Goby there is no sign, as though it had never existed except perhaps as a figment of my imagination....
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