We absolutely astounded you with our first selections of 25 rare sea creatures in parts one through three, and you have come back seeking more mind-blowing discoveries! We have finally returned with our final part four, bringing you the top nine most incredible species of sea creatures that you never knew existed!
Number Nine: The Mola Mola
The impressive mola mola is a bony fish known as the world’s heaviest fish species, weighing up to 2,200 pounds. Often called the ocean sunfish, this species appears to be flattened, and can reach extensive lengths with use of its dorsal and ventral fins. They mainly dine on jellyfish, and a lot of them.
Number Eight: A Barreleye Fish
This particular fish is most frightening because of its horror movie-like
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In appearance, it kind of looks like a rainbow-colored fish version of a dilophosaurus. They are extremely territorial, and often fight other species as well as its own with its large gaping mouth.
Number Six: One of the Most Terrifying Sea Creatures - An Anglerfish
Made famous from the Disney movie Finding Nemo, the anglerfish is quite a unique species. They are equipped with a unique organ that produces a small source of light to lure in unsuspecting fish, and snatch them up with their nightmarish teeth. What most people don’t know about these odd creatures is the sickening way in which they reproduce. The digestive system of the male anglerfish removes itself, and attaches to a female to feed.
Number Five: Northern Stargazer
These creepy species of sea creatures are often mistaken for common rocks, aiding to the creature's hunting capabilities. The gruesome fish buries itself into the sands of the ocean floor, and electrocutes its unlucky victims. When immobilized, the northern stargazer swallows them in one gulp.
Number Four: A Giant
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To make the whole ordeal worse, this unique louse actually attaches to a fish’s tongue by wiggling its way in through their gills, and sucks the victim’s blood from the oral appendage.
Number Two: Terrible Claw Lobster
This unique lobster was discovered as recently as 2007. As odd as it may seem, these crustaceans are most characterized for their intense technicolor hue. In addition, they have a somewhat normal claw on the left, but a much longer and thinner version on the left. As terrible as they may be, we have to imagine they aren’t really so bad with a little drawn butter.
Number One: The Pacific Blackdragon Deep Sea Creatures
In the realm of Pacific blackdragons, it is great to be a woman. The females of this species can grow up to a whopping two feet, while the males only grow to three inches. In addition, the males die after mating. This thin species of fish is the product of nightmares, with a dragon-like form and ferocity, as well as frightening fangs. We hope you enjoyed exploring our list of the 34 rarest creatures that you have never seen (until
Underwater shark nets make us feel safer at the beach,but are we? That’s the question. Are we safe? There are lots of possibilities that the shark, with sharp like knife teeth, may outsmart us. Because of shark attacks we use nets, called shark nets. However, that doesn’t mean nets used in the past prevented shark attacks. These nets don’t only trap sharks they trap other sea creatures.
Because of its size and abundance, T. californicus is commonly regarded as the insect of the sea. This creature is generally very small, from 1-3 mm in size as adults. They are cylindrically shaped, and have a segmented body (head, thorax, abdomen) though no noticeable division between body regions (Powlik 1966). Each segment of the body has a pair of legs. They use their 'legs' to propel themselves through the water in short rapid jerks. They have 2 pairs of long feathered antennae, a chitin us exoskeleton and a single eye in the middle of their head, this simple eye can only differentiate between light and dark.
I am sure almost all of you have either been to or heard of SeaWorld. Today I am going to tell you about what they do to their orcas that they are trying to hide. I chose this topic after watching a documentary called “Blackfish” that goes into the behind the scenes of how SeaWorld treats its animals. I have since done further research online to prepare for this presentation. This is an important topic because you should know what kind of company you are funding and behaviors you are endorsing when you go on your vacations to this destination. Today I am going to persuade you that SeaWorld is corrupt and maltreats its animals, specifically the orcas. First, I will talk about the specific way the orcas are treated and how it affects them
The humuhumu are a very independent and aggressive fish therefore they breed externally,but still heterosexualy.. Once they reach the age of maturity, the female will lay her eggs in the wedges of a coral which will then be fertilized by a male soon after. Then once they are fertilized the female will come back and guard the ...
Shrieks of shock come from the first 5 rows of people as they are doused in water. Tilikum, the 12,000 pound orca who measures in at a whopping 22 feet in length, jumps into the air on command and splashes the crowd who has paid a hefty price to sit and enjoy the show. It was certainly not the first show Tilikum and his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, had done together. To the crowd’s horror though, it would be the last. While going through the routine during their show on February 24, 2010, something seemed to be wrong. Mid-act Tilikum grabbed Dawn’s arm and ponytail and pulled her underneath the water. After having many bones broken and sustaining many life threatening injuries, Dawn was drowned to death by Tilikum in his tank with a live audience
The Longnose gars reproduction depends on location that the gar is found in. The reproduction does typically happen during the spring or summer months and all dependent on what the water temperature. The female gar will swim into a small, fast moving stream and lay their eggs (Goddard). The Longnose gar eggs are not just normal eggs that most people think of when they think of fish eggs. Their eggs are green and sticky so they can stick to the plants in the fast moving stream (
Scorpaenidae are mostly marine fish,very few found in fresh and brackish water. The family have around around 45 different genera and 380 different species. They are mostly found in the India Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Most of them lives in coral, tropical reefs and shallow waters, warmer areas. Not all of the family fish lives in the shallow water, small portion of the Scorpaenidae live deep as around 7,000 feet. Just like most of the coral reef fish are, Scorpaenidae have camouflaged body. Their characteristic reflects their name, they have sharp spine that can sting other organisms. Their spine are covered with venomous mucus just like how some other kind of fish are covered with the venomous mucus. Their body are covered with scales. Generally speaking, the Scorpaenidae family fish have different number of spines over the course of the body. Most known type pf Scorpaenidae are lionfish and scorpionfish. Lionfish have preorbital bone with 3 spines, spines and third below the diagonal; , big mouth, end position, oblique fissure. Mandible, vomer and jaw bone with villiform teeth group. Gill openings are wide, tetrabranchiate membranes without the isthmus, pre-opercular margin with 5 spines. Body are ctenoid scales, round head. On the side, there are about eight to nine dorsal fin, fin spines and rays of an anal fin; five to six pectoral fins, they are large, round, and are branched from the upper fin rays. There are about one to five pelvic, sub thoracic; caudal fin rounded truncate. Reef stonefish are extremely camouflaged, they could look exactly like a rock when hiding for predation. The spines of Scorpaenidae are hard and rough, some of their fin spines have poison, can cause serious pain, swells and fatal wounds. Some of ...
We started to touch them and the starfish had such a unique texture. Afterwards, we washed our hands and headed outside and joined a line that was heading into a big, blue tent. We went inside and we were both surprised and excited to see tons of different-looking and sized stingrays swimming graciously throughout the pool. Everybody leaned over and reached their hand in the water, hoping that their hand would touch a back of a stingray. At first, I was scared to put my hand in the water because I didn’t want to accidentally touch the tail of the stingray even though they removed the barbs so they couldn’t sting you. Kristen didn’t have any trouble touching them, but for me on the other hand, it took a little longer. Kristen really wanted me to touch one so she grabbed my hand and slowly put it into the water. Having my sister there with me made me feel a lot less scared. We saw a small stingray heading our way, so Kristen lowered my hand and then my hand touched the back of the stingray. I was surprised of how smooth it was. It was as smooth as a fleece blanket. I was really happy at the end that Kristen encouraged me to touch one. After that I was able to touch a few more, except there was a big black covered sting ray with white spots that was probably five times bigger than the rest of them, that I was scared to touch and so was Kristen. We exited the tent and got our picture taken with the view of the city and Lake Michigan.
The crown of thorns starfish is classified as such. It is obviously a member of the kingdom Animalia, as are most multicellular organisms. The phylum is that of the Echinodermata, which are recognizable by their radial symmetry and include such well-known animals such as other species of starfish, sea cucumbers, sand dollars, and sea urchins. Their class is referred to as Asteroidea, which is the main starfish classification. It also includes brittle stars and “basket stars”. Mostly following Asteroidea is the order Valvatida, which contains around 700 species in 17 families. Speaking of families, the crown of thorns starfish’s is called the Acanthasteridae. Finally, the genus and species is the Acanthaster planci, which is the universally known and scientific name for the crown of thorns starfish. Acanthaster planci in the past has often been known for its confusion due to other genus’ and species with the complex or similar synonoms.
Number Nine: The Blue Sea Dragon. This peculiar little creature is a small sea slug, nicknamed “sea dragon” because of the majestic shades of blue that decorate its body.
The discoverer of the titanic, Dr Robert Ballard famously referred to the deep sea as ‘far more alien than going to mars or the moon.’ The deep sea is one of the largest virtually unexplored ecosystems on the planet; it is found at a depth of 1000 fathoms [1] and is subject to adverse changes in temperature, pressure and light penetration amongst other factors. Therefore as expected fish decrease in abundance, and species diversity. This trend is prominent as in order to survive the harsh conditions of the deep sea, fish need a number of specific adaptations. Allowing them to ultimately survive, feed, and reproduce.
Good morning Mrs Graham and class, my name is Molly Harris and my controversial law that I have chosen to amend is whaling. However before I talk I would like to show you a video. It is the least graphic video I found yet if you feel uncomfortable please look away.
Sharks have lurked in Earth's oceans for over 450 million years. Throughout these years sharks have transformed into the great hunters of the ocean we know now. Sharks have not always been ferocious predators, at the beginning of time they were merely a small part of the ocean food chain. Scientist have found it extremely difficult to study sharks do to the rapid decay of cartilage in salt water. Fossils of prehistoric sharks have been found on rocks collected from the ocean floor. Evolution is clearly found in sharks, making the prehistoric sharks almost unrecognizable compared to the predators we see today.
What is the largest fish in the world? The answer would be the Rhincodon typus, or commonly known as, the whale shark. The whale shark is vey unique because unlike normal sharks, the whale shark is a filter feeder and so, does not have use of its teeth. The whale shark is also about the size of a bus. However, like many animals in the world today, they are considered vulnerable according to the IUCN. They are seen often in the tropical areas, but many behavior and movement mechanism of the whale shark are still unknown.
The crew threw harpoons at the creature, but those would not stay in the flesh for long. When the crew got close enough to put a noose around the creature, the rope tightened and cut through the animal, causing most of it to sink to the bottom of the sea. The crew, however, managed to pull the tail of the creature on board, and bring it back to the French Consul. From there, the tail and a report about the creature made its way to the French Academy of Sciences. Giant squid, of which there are many different species, have been spotted less than fifty times in the last century, but none have been seen in their natural habitat, the depths of the sea, or caught on tape.