I found this picture online, and apparently no one really knows what it is! It is very possible that this fish has been mutated due to high levels of pollution in the water. Strange, freaky, and I hope I never catch anything like that! Anyone have any idea of what it could be?
The Coffin fish is a bottom-dwelling fish that can be found almost anywhere in the world. These curious looking fish walk along the bottom of the sea floor using their leg-like fins to crawl around.
Since they’re highly hunted by other predators, the Coffin fish have a way of defending themselves. Since they resemble the puffer fish, they can actually swallow a lot of water thus making them “blow up” to a bigger size. That way, predators have a hard time biting into them.
This interesting creature is dubbed as The Sea Pig and it lives on or just underneath the bottom of the ocean. These sea pigs are a type of sea cucumber which is a member of the same phylum as starfish and sea urchins.
These species act sort of like a slug would on land. They thrive on the ocean floor since they feed off of it – they eat mud off the sea floor. The mud contains tons of nutrients and minerals for these sea pigs. These species are extremely successful in the ocean depths since they can feed off of anything!
This snake was caught red-handed snacking on several goldfish. When goldfish started missing from a pond, the owner though it was just a heron that was in the neighborhood, but he got quite a surprise when he found an actual garden snake eating a whole goldfish!
The snake jumped in the pond, picked up a goldfish three times its size in its mouth and carried it right back out on the deck. He then proceeded to coil around it and swallow it. Apparently, he got tired of it quick because he spit it out as soon as he had it in its mouth!
The football fish is famous as being the first deep-sea angler fish. The first sighting of this fish was caught in Greenland in 1883. This one was measured at 22-inches long – the biggest one found to date. Since no females of this species have ever been found bearing parasitic males, biologists assume they are fertilized by free-swimming mates.
The Oarfish is a very largely elongated fish. There have been cases (as seen in the above picture) of extremely long Oarfish, but for the most part they are about a few meters long. They are a family of the Lampriform fish.
THE CRINOID – BELIZE
The Crinoid is an ancient creature that stems from the echinoderm family and is a relative of the starfish. This peculiar looking creature appear very plant-like and resembles an aquatic fern. The Crinoid coils its legs very gracefully, as seen in the picture above, and uses its legs to trap small plankton and other debris.
CHIMAERA FISH
This unusual looking fish is called the chimaera. It is a cartilaginous fish, which mean it is composed entirely of cartilage! It uses its long snout to scan the electrical impulses of its prey on the bottom of the sea floor.
A new frog species was found in Indonesia recently and has researchers baffled at the fact that the frog does not have any lungs whatsoever. This rare species of frog actually breathes through its skin. Researches are now able to understand more about animal genetics and structure.
The Monster
This 50-foot dinosaur was excavated last summer on Norway’s Arctic island. The Monster likely represents the biggest species of pliosaur known to science, said Jørn Hurum, of the Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway, who led the dig team—and who called the reptile “the T. rex of the ocean.”
Pilosaurs were the top marine predators, but unfortunately, not many fossils were found up until now.
Named the “the Monster,” this newly identified fossil predator is one of the largest marine reptiles ever found.