I’m surrounded by mutant fish inside Lake Malawi in South Africa. Like Spiderman, Wolverine and Magneto, they’ve developed different abilities: most evolved to graze on algae, which coats the enormous boulders around us. Others snuffle through the sand for worms and other wriggly tidbits. Some play dead and suddenly turn the tables on their hapless prey, while others rip and eat the scales off unsuspecting neighbors.

Yan, G. (2023, July 31). This Lake creates more new species than any place on Earth. Daily Guardian, pp. 10, 8.