transcript: • From giant-mouthed sharks to glow-in-the-dark
octopus, we count 15 deep sea creatures both fascinating and often times terrifying found
thousands of metres below the ocean surface 15 - Fangtooth (or Ogrefish),
• Although these ones are too small to harm humans, they have a nightmarish face you'll
find commonly developed in the deep sea • Their teeth are known to be the largest
of any sea creature, so big in fact that a Fangtooth can never close their mouths fully
• They're also one of the deepest-living fish, found as far as 5,000 metres below the
surface of the ocean 14 - Stargazer,
• These are fish that have evolved a head tilted forever upwards, and this is because
they're trapdoor predators - they bury themselves in sand and shoot upwards to ambush prey that
pass overhead • Some species of Stargazer even have a
little worm-shaped lure growing out of their mouths to attract prey before they strike
• Likewise, the Stargazer is also deadly poisonous and have been known to cause electric
shocks from time to time 13 - Giant Isopods,
• This is like a giant woodlouse, one that only appears in the deep ocean as a result
of deep-sea gigantism and even curl into a rigid ball when threatened
• They're mostly carnivorous feeding on dead whales, fish and squid, but they also
hunt slow-moving prey like sea cucumbers, sponges, nematodes and some fish
• You'll mostly find them off the coast of Australia, but they've also been sighted
in Mexico and India 12 - Terrible Claw Lobster,
• The scientific name for this one is Dinochelus ausubeli, named for its "terrible or fearful"
pale-red claws • This is a relatively new species of blind
lobster, one of only four discovered between two similar species - both in Australia
• The first lobster was found during the Aurora mission is 2007 led by the U.S and
French natural history museums 11 - Dragonfish,
• This tiny 6-inch sea creature is, as evident purely from its appearance, a deadly predator
• It has a large head and rows of jagged teeth lit by its long barbel attached to the
chin, one with a light-producing organ known as a photophore
• It flicks the light on this organ on and off to attract unwitting prey, then strikes
• You'll find these 5000 feet below the shoes of small children
10 - Pacific Hatchetfish, • You'll find these in tropical and subtropical
waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and over the years they've evolved
a peculiar body "hatchet" shape with bioluminescent photophores used to escape predators lurking
in the depths by matching what light there is for camouflage
• Unlike their appearance, they're perfectly harmless and only coming in at 5 inches in
size - but they're just another example of deep sea aesthetic craziness
9 - Dumbo Octopus, • This was first discovered in 1999, the
deepest-living octopus species seen so far coming in at 7,000 metres below the surface
of the ocean • This one hovers down under tremendous
pressure of water, no sunlight, siphoning up snails, crustaceans and the like to feed
• The dumbo name clearly comes from its appearance, one crazy to imagine it can maintain
that far below an ocean 8 - Megamouth Shark,
• These are an extremely rare species of shark, in fact only 58 specimens have been
found in the entire world to date • They have an enormous jaw used for scooping
up plankton and jellyfish • These things can grow up to 5.5 metres
in length and the average size of their mouth alone is 1.3 meters - seriously not something
you want to get swallowed by 7 - Pacific Blackdragons,
• These ones are peculiar, 60cms long with fang teeth and a long whisker attached to
their chin • They don't have any teeth, no chin barbel
and no stomach to process food • But curiously, males survive only long
enough to mate - it's up to the females to hunt other fish and crustaceans in the role
of a predator 6 - Basking Shark,
• Another big-mouthed ocean shark, another passive feeder filtering zoo plankton, small
fish and invertebrates from up to 2,000 tons of water per hour
• These are often mistaken for plesiosaurs the long-necked reptile from the age of the
dinosaurs, and these are harmless to humans • However, humans are VERY harmful to the
Basking Shark - they're generally hunted for food and hide leather, but rapidly declining
numbers have seen this shark close to extinction 5 - Red Octopus,
• You'll find these in the deep Atlantic waters off the U.S Coast, with eight arms
connected by a colourful webbing used to swim • It has rows of bioluminescent suckers
down its arms that glow in the dark - widely believed to attract planktonic prey and insects
to the light • Although we've known about these for a
hundred years, it was only recently we discovered they glow
4 - Gulper Eel • This has a mouth loosely hinged to its
jaw, like a pelican - but just as with a snake, it can open it to swallow prey much larger
than itself • Not to mention it can stretch its stomach
too, which comes in handy when it appears to swallow your entire family while they sleep
• It grows to a total length of two to six feet and found all over the world 3-6000 feet
below the ocean surface 3 - Blobfish
• Crazy, ridiculous-looking fish from deep beneath the ocean - one that looks very much
different when in its natural environment • But because it needs to adapt to all that
pressure, it has weak muscle tissue and when exposed to our environment it turns into this
crazy mess • It lives off the coast of Australia and
New Zealand, and having gelatinous skin means it can swim without exerting energy
2 - Squat Lobster • Found at a depth of 4 and a half thousand
feet, it looks somewhat like a headcrab but with large frontal claws and compressed bodies
• They have a large skill-set comprising detritus-feeders, algal grazers, scavengers
and predators - adapting to their environment • We don't know much else about this one,
it's still a mystery 1 - Colossal Squid
• Something from a nightmare, folk tales from those lost sea - but it's very much real
• They grow in lengths beyond 14 metres, the size of a long bus, and they've been known
to attack those giant sperm whales and feed on fish and squid
• In 2007, a specimen was found in the Ross Sea, and is now on display at New Zealand
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that have evolved a head tilted forever upwards and this is because the trapdoor
predators they bury themselves in sand and shoot upwards to ambush pray that
possibly beheaded so species a stargazer even have a
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before they strike likewise the stargazer ill so deadly
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