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In 2020, a man in Kerala found a "red thread" floating in his bucket. Now, DiCaprio is talking about it.

In 2020, a man in Kerala found a "red thread" floating in his bucket. Now, DiCaprio is talking about it.

Almost three years ago, an Indian man discovered a rare new species of fish and his discovery recently, gained renewed fame after Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio praised it online.In 2020,...

The fish was spotted by Abraham A, a native of Alappuzha district in Kerala in 2020. The species, pink in colour and merely three centimetres in length, was named Pathala Eel Loach (Pangio Pathala) by the researchers of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS).

In his latest Instagram post, Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio shared a report about a new fish species found in Kerala.

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