And while some barnacles keep it chill, some of them are scary and mean. One type infests crabs. And they go straight for the gonads.
Barnacles have a thing with gonads. In the deep ocean, Anelasma barnacles embed themselves in the bodies of sharks — sometimes in their reproductive organs, stunting their development.
So, just to be clear, these creepy barnacles grab their hosts by the goods, and turn crabs into zombies. The cookie cutter shark is anything but sugary. Its delightful name comes from the cookie-shaped chunks it gouges from other sharks, fish and marine mammals with its ice-cream scoop jaws.
There are three different species of cookie-cutters, which together have attacked 49 species of whales and dolphins, including orcas. A long-distance swimmer was bitten twice, between the islands of Hawaii and Maui, and needed a skin graft to heal the wound. From not-so-saccharine sharks to big-toothed blennies, there are plenty of eerie oddities beneath the waves.
But even those parasitic gonad-ruining barnacles are no match for the scariest creature of all: Man. Alongside their massive jaw and vicious fangs, female anglerfish use a luminous 'fishing rod' to lure in prey close enough to be snatched up. The goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni uses its heavily pored snout to hunt its prey by detecting electric fields. The species can grow up to 3. So it's definitely a goblin shark pic.
Found amongst the depths of the Great Barrier Reef's Lizard Island, the Christmas tree worm Spirobranchus giganteus breathes and feeds through its spiral-like 'branches'. It lives as a recluse only emerging from its tube when feeling threatened. These anemones Actinoscyphia aurelia are named thus because of their striking resemblance to the Venus fly trap plant.
The tentacles even function in a similar way, although they're used to capture sea detritus, rather than live prey. Take THAT, you big sarcastic fringehead!
These aggressive fish have large, colourful mouths that snap open if another fringehead comes too close. The size of their mouth is a sign of strength and dominance to the other intruding fish and tells them to keep away! Contact us: membership earthrangers. Read our F. Earth Rangers: Where kids go to save animals! Glaucus Atlanticus The glaucus atlanticus , aka. Scotoplanes Scotoplanes globosa sheltering a crab. So while it may look unappetizing, its flavor is famously delicious!
There are 76 different species of Hagfish, which are small, eel-like creatures that live in burrows on the sea floor.
So why did they make our list of the ugliest sea creatures? For starters, the Hagfish has a weird, leech-like mouth on the front of its face. These gelatinous, translucent fish are weird ocean animals that move through the ocean by pumping water through their bodies. The Pink Sea Through Fantasia is another translucent ocean animal that lives in extremely deep depths around 8, feet near the Philippines.
A relative of the Sea Cucumber, the Pink Fantasia was discovered in But scientists still know very little about these weird aquatic animals. The oddest aspect of the Pink Sea Through Fantasia is that you actually can see its intenstines through the translucent flesh. Their vivid colors can vary between red, orange, yellow, blue, and white. If the worm is threatened, the plumes can be retracted quickly. Although the Christmas Tree Worm is not a threatened species, the coral reefs where they make their homes are increasingly endangered.
Much marine conservation work is aimed at protecting coral reefs due to their importance to countless forms of aquatic life. Habitat: Tropical and temperate oceans; , ft. Also known as the Pelican Eel, the Gulper Eel has an oddly shaped mouth that can unhinge and scoop up prey like a Pelican does. But when they do, they can consume prey even larger than themselves! This is one of the weirdest looking sea animals because of how big its head is compared to its tail.
Habitat: Salty temperate waters of the southwestern Pacific. The Coffinfish which is also known as the Sea Toad , is a deep water relative of the Frogfish. They sometimes bounce around the ocean floor on their bottom fins. These unusual fish live at ocean depths of to 8, ft. Their anatomy has adjusted to these high-pressure environments, so when taken out of the water they sorta resemble the Blobfish.
Coffinfish also have a small lure protruding out from behind their eyes, which they use to attract and ambush unsuspecting prey. This is used mainly when they need to conserve energy and find food. Scientists discovered the Coelacanth in , which was quite shocking considering the fact that it had long been thought to be extinct.
Their fins are attached to short limbs, making them very unusual fish. The two species of Coelacanths are the only vertebrates to have jointed skulls, which allows them to unhinge their mouths to eat. The Coelacanths also have thick scales that are common only to other extinct fish species. This creature is truly an oddity, basically a surviving relic of the Mesozoic Era the time of the dinosaurs. Their razor-sharp teeth look menacing, but their method of catching food is even scarier: They swim at very high speeds and impale their prey on their teeth.
One is on its dorsal fin and others along its sides, presumably used to attract prey and provide camouflage from predators. Diet: Fish, shrimp, and other squid even small whales. With its extremely long tentacles and a massive body that can grow up to 60 feet long, it would be a terrifying creature to encounter in the ocean.
But unfortunately, their depth preference prevents science from knowing much about them.
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