Albino Cyclopean Shark

As if sharks weren’t scary enough, try to imagine one with only one eye in the middle of its head. Oh wait, you don’t have to, we have pictures. This little bugger, let’s call him “Louis,” not only has the rare condition of cyclopia, but is also albino. Mexican fisherman Enrique Lucero León was “lucky” enough to catch a pregnant dusky shark near the Gulf of California and find Louis, one of the unborn embryos. Local biologists have gotten permission from Enrique to study Louis and while he’s gotten offers from others to buy the shark, he refuses to part with it. I can’t imagine why, though; Louis is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen.

No, you can’t unsee this.

Louis next to his normal siblings.

Yes, he is smiling at you…with his lifeless doll’s eye.

National Geographic has the whole story here. Now excuse me while I go relieve myself of my lunch.