What is the weirdest creature in the ocean?

The Ocean's Weirdest Creatures!
  • Leafy Sea Dragon. Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia. ...
  • Christmas Tree Worm. ...
  • Anglerfish. ...
  • Northern Stargazer. ...
  • Red Handfish. ...
  • Wobbegong.
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What is the creepiest creature in the ocean?

The Scariest Monsters of the Deep Sea
  • Red Octopus (Stauroteuthis syrtensis) ...
  • Deep sea blob sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus) ...
  • Sea Pigs (genus Scotoplanes) ...
  • The Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) ...
  • The Proboscis Worm (Parborlasia corrugatus) ...
  • Zombie Worms (Osedax roseus) ...
  • Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)
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What is the rarest creature in the ocean?

The vaquita is the world's rarest sea mammal and one of the most endangered animals in the world.
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Are there unknown creatures in the ocean?

But scientists believe the world's oceans are still hiding giant underwater creatures which have yet to be discovered. Marine ecologists have predicted there could be as many as 18 unknown species, with body lengths greater than 1.8 metres, still swimming in the great expanses of unexplored sea.
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What has NASA found in the ocean?

To their amazement, the scientists discovered vibrant ecosystems around the vents, teeming with marine organisms, such as translucent snailfish and amphipods, tiny flea-like crustaceans, that had never been seen before. "With this discovery, we [came across] a whole new way of living on Earth," says Shank.
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Top 10 Most Bizarre Deep Sea Creatures Ever Discovered



Why is the ocean scary?

Fear of the ocean is actually one of several "prepared" fears, which are grounded in our survival instincts. Or, as he puts it: "The ocean's a dangerous place." It's pretty justifiable to find the ocean scary because of rip currents, sharks, or the possibility of drowning.
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What is the world's rarest animal?

The rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). It is a kind of critically endangered porpoise that only lives in the furthest north-western corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico. There are only 18 left in the world.
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What is the rarest shark?

Ganges Shark. One of the rarest sharks in the world is the Ganges shark which is a critically endangered requiem shark.
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What's the biggest creature in the ocean?

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.
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What is the scariest thing alive?

Just when you thought puppy-sized spiders were the creepiest creatures on the planet, we found a few more to give you nightmares.
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Meet the 7 scariest animals on Earth
  1. 1. Aye Aye Lemus. ...
  2. Dolomedes triton, the fish eating spider. ...
  3. Amblypygi. ...
  4. Sarcastic Fringehead. ...
  5. Wolftrap Anglerfish. ...
  6. Santino the chimp.
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Is the bloop real?

"The Bloop" is the given name of a mysterious underwater sound recorded in the 90s. Years later, NOAA scientists discovered that this sound emanated from an iceberg cracking and breaking away from an Antarctic glacier. Shown here: a NASA Landsat mosaic image of Antarctica.
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What's at the bottom of the sea?

The bottom of the deep sea has several features that contribute to the diversity of this habitat. The main features are mid-oceanic ridges, hydrothermal vents, mud volcanoes, seamounts, canyons and cold seeps. Carcasses of large animals also contribute to habitat diversity.
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What's bigger than a Megalodon?

A blue whale can grow to up to five times the size of a megalodon. Blue whales reach a maximum length of 110 feet, which is far larger than even the biggest meg.
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Is blue whale bigger than Megalodon?

First of all, blue whales are significantly larger than megalodons. The largest blue whale ever weighed 418,878 pounds (more than 200 tons) while average blue whales weigh more than 100 tons. In addition, megalodons were sexually dimorphic, which means the females were significantly larger than males.
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What shark is bigger than a Megalodon?

What is bigger than the megalodon and the whale shark? Blue whales are larger than megalodons and whale sharks.
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What is the cutest shark?

The Top Seven Cutest Sharks Ever
  • Blue Shark. What makes the blue shark so adorable are its gigantic black eyes and pouty mouth that bring to mind a surprised child. ...
  • Chain Catshark. ...
  • Dwarf Lantern Shark. ...
  • Greenland Shark. ...
  • Pygmy Shark. ...
  • Whale Shark. ...
  • Hammerhead Shark.
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What is the creepiest shark?

Top 10 Scariest Shark Species
  • #8: Sand Tiger Shark. ...
  • #7: Hammerhead Shark. ...
  • #6: Shortfin Mako Shark. ...
  • #5: Blacktip Shark. ...
  • #4: Oceanic Whitetip Shark. ...
  • #3: Tiger Shark. ...
  • #2: Bull Shark. ...
  • #1: Great White Shark.
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What is the ugliest animal in the world?

The Ugly Animal Society Preservation Society held a vote to pick the ugliest animal in the world and the blobfish was a clear winner. Click to the next screens to see more images of equally ugly animals.
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What species went extinct in 2021?

The introduction of foreign diseases, rodents such as rats and mongooses, and cats play a large part in the loss of species.
  • Maui 'ākepa. ...
  • Kaua'i nukupu'u. ...
  • Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. ...
  • Little Mariana Fruit Bat. ...
  • Bachman's Warbler. ...
  • Flat Pigtoe Mussel.
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What is cutest animal in the world?

Top 10 Cutest Animals in 2022
  • If you love animals as much as we do, carry on reading to find out more about some of the top voted cutest animals around the globe..
  • Margay.
  • Red Panda.
  • Elephant Shrew.
  • Meerkat.
  • Qoukka.
  • Fennec Fox.
  • Klipspringer.
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Do oceans have black holes?

Scientists from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami have discovered that many large ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically equivalent to the black holes of space, meaning nothing trapped by them can escape, according to Phys.org.
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Whats scarier the ocean or space?

JoAnna Wendel, science writer

“The ocean is 100 percent scarier.
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Why is the ocean blue?

The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean may also take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles in the water.
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Is megalodon still alive?

Extinction of a mega shark

We know that megalodon had become extinct by the end of the Pliocene (2.6 million years ago), when the planet entered a phase of global cooling. Precisely when the last megalodon died is not known, but new evidence suggests that it was at least 3.6 million years ago.
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