{"product_id":"gage-beasley-flounder-fish-1","title":"Flounder Fish","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBOTH EYES, ONE SIDE\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e❃\u003c\/span\u003e Few fish undergo a transformation as strange as the flounder's. It hatches as an ordinary, upright larva with one eye on each side of its head — but as it grows, one eye slowly migrates across the skull to join the other, until both sit on the same side of the face. The young fish then tips onto its side and sinks to the seafloor, beginning a new life lying flat against the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e❃\u003c\/span\u003e That flattened body makes the flounder a master of disguise. Its upward-facing side can shift color and pattern to melt into sand, gravel, or mud in a matter of moments, while its underside stays pale and unseen. Buried to the eyes and nearly invisible, it waits motionless for shrimp, worms, and small fish to stray within reach, then erupts upward to seize them in an instant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e❃\u003c\/span\u003e Flounders live in coastal waters and estuaries across much of the world, from cold northern seas to warm tropical shallows. Different species turn \"left-eyed\" or \"right-eyed\" depending on which way their eye migrates, a quirk used to tell them apart. A fish built entirely for the ambush — patient, perfectly hidden, and looking up at the world through two eyes that both ended up on the same side.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"gage beasley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52484710236462,"sku":"165370","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/1083\/files\/flounder.webp?v=1791857110","url":"https:\/\/whalemuseum.org\/products\/gage-beasley-flounder-fish-1","provider":"The Whale Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}