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2011 Japan Tsunami Created Hybrid Fish That Later Vanished

Original: The 2011 Japan Tsunami Created Hybrid Fish, But They Almost Completely Disappeared

The 2011 tsunami in Japan is reported to have led to the creation of hybrid fish, but these hybrids almost completely disappeared in the years afterwards. The claim highlights how the disaster's environmental disruption briefly allowed crossbreeding between fish populations before natural conditions closed that window again.

Why now: New attention to the lasting ecological effects of the 2011 Japan tsunami, including unusual genetic consequences for marine life.

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• The 2011 Japan Tsunami Created Hybrid Fish, But They Almost Completely Disappeared · IFLScience

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