The ugliest animal in the world: The blobfish.
Blobfish, this name is pretty cool. However, there are four words behind the name: "Incredibly ugly." Judging from its appearance, it is about 30 centimeters long, like a tadpole, without fish scales, and its whole body is soft and gelatinous like plasticine.
Particular attention should be paid to its large face, which is sagging and its large nose falls naturally close to the mouth. It looks like a grieving face, always wronged and extremely sad, which is why it is also known as "the saddest fish in the world".
The reason the blobfish is ugly
The blobfish's gelatinous appearance has made it a hot spot in Internet culture. With its droopy nose, slimy appearance, and easily anthropomorphic appearance, it was named the world's ugliest animal in a poll sponsored by the Societytee for the protection of ugly animals. (The conservation organization believes it's not just cute little animals that deserve our protection.)
However, as a deep-sea fish, the blobfish doesn't look like that at all when 'he is alive. only to be brought to the surface. Ultimately, it looked like a broken cake.
The blobfish lives in very deep areas of the ocean, between 600 and 1,200 meters deep. There, the pressure can be more than 100 times higher than the atmospheric pressure you currently feel. The blobfish is adapted to this environment and has a spongy body with soft bones and almost no muscles (so they are very unpalatable!).
Strange sea creatures
Strange sea creatures There are many creatures in nature that we have not yet discovered, because these creatures are not far from us. It's particularly close, it's pwhy we haven't discovered it until now, especially the small creatures of the deep sea. The following is about strange sea creatures.
Strange sea creatures 1Coral reef creatures
The blobfish was once known as one of the ugliest animals in the world.
Coral reefs are home to thousands of species, so it's no surprise that some very strange species can be found there. The coral itself is unique. Essentially, coral reefs are built by coral polyps, cousins of jellyfish. They extract calcium carbonate from seawater and build dwellings of various shapes, some like brains, others like fans, and others like antlers or plants. Coral polyps are insignificant, but coral reefs are spectacular and home to many marine species.
Which is even weirdere is that most coral polyps cannot survive without a type of symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae. Zooxanthellae live inside coral polyps, providing them with energy through photosynthesis in exchange for shelter and carbon dioxide.
Coral reef habitats built by coral polyps in turn provide shelter for other strange creatures, such as the first-ever Rainbow Wrasse (scientific name: Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) was described scientifically for the first time.
This fascinating fish lives in dimly lit areas of deep-water coral reefs called “twilight reefs.” Their iridescent bodies, with shades of pink, orange, purple and blue, appear to have been drawn by a six-year-old using 64-colored pencils. A 2020 study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that coral reefs provide the ePerfect scalable environment for a variety of brightly colored creatures.
Clear water allows males and females to see each other clearly, so the colorful bodies may have evolved to attract mates; On the other hand, hard, stony coral reefs provide good shelter structures, meaning reef animals pay less. show up than animals in more open waters, as they can more easily hide from predators, although they are easily spotted.
The blue-headed green parrotfish (scientific name: Chlorurus sordidus) is another common resident of coral reefs. Scientists have discovered that this fish has some of the strongest teeth on the planet, allowing it to easily chew through the hard exoskeletons of corals and attack the delicious polyps within. Even weirder than this way of hunting, parrotfishs secrete mucus to cover themselves while they sleep to protect themselves from blood-sucking parasites.
But perhaps the most bizarre animal found on the coral reefs and coasts of tropical Pacific islands is the sacoglossan. These are a group of tiny conch shells and sea slugs often called "solar sea slugs."
They have rich colors, feed on algae, and ingest the chloroplasts of the algae for their own use. As we all know, chloroplasts are organelles capable of photosynthesis. These vesicles are like solar panels and can use sunlight to provide energy. They can also use algae molecules to defend themselves, some of which should even help protect human health.
Marine microbiologists have discovered an anti-cancer compound in vesicles produced by a marine bacteria linked to algae that can bee hijacked by a glycoprotein and used as a defensive element.
A green parrot fish with a blue head that appears to be smiling.
Floating in the deep
The open waters of the ocean aren't as vibrant as coral reefs, but the animals that live there are almost always bizarre, especially in the deep the darkest. Among them, the most unusual animal is the siphonophore.
It is difficult for people to understand the existence of siphonophores, which resemble organisms, but they are actually communities of many individuals, with each asexually reproducing organism playing a different role in the larger whole. Australian researchers observed a 45-meter-long siphonophore, the Ellen jellyfish (scientific name: Erenna sirena), which uses a red bioluminescent bait to attract its prey.
Another gelatinous creature is Lampocteis, a ctenophore of thedeep sea. Ctenophores do not sting like jellyfish; rather, they extend their mucous cells to trap their prey. Ctenophores are a bold blood-red color and travel through the deep sea via tiny vibrations of hair cells. When hit with light, these lashes glow like neon signs.
Histioteuthis heteropsis, commonly known as strawberry squid, also has a bright red color. They reside in the “twilight zone” of the ocean (the middle layer of water located at a depth of 200 meters to 1,000 meters).
This squid has one large upward-facing eye (a striking green color) which detects the shadow cast by prey above while the other smaller eye looks downward, looking for signs of bioluminescence to look for signs of bioluminescence. spot prey below.
But in terms of uniqueness, the Magnapinna is not as goodonly the Magnapinna, whose body is about as long as a bank note, but its tentacles measure between 4 and 8 meters. What's even more impressive is that the extra-long tentacles of these cephalopods are bent 90 degrees, forming a strange "elbow." The long-armed squid has only been sighted about 20 times since its discovery more than a century ago.
Underwater Creatures
Animals that live on the sea floor must survive without light and withstand the incredible pressure thousands of meters away under water. The Psychrolutes marcidus (scientific name: Psychrolutes marcidus), also known as the blobfish, is one of the most famous underwater creatures. He looks quite “inconspicuous” when swimming more than a thousand meters deep underwater, as does his body. the shape is different from other bony fish. The fish do not differ much, but if they are remounted on the surface, they appear deflated.
In the seabed of 600 to 1,200 meters where the blobfish is found, the pressure they experience is 60 to 120 times that of sea level. Their bodies lack muscles and are mainly consisting of dense glue. lower than water. Made of material to maintain buoyancy.
In recent years, scientists have begun to catalog other strange creatures in the deep ocean. Javier Selénez Lopez is a marine biologist at the Universidad Católica del Norte in Chile. He explored the underwater mountains near South America
and discovered a series of new species, as well as some that were once species that were once species. were discovered but poorly understood. Take Eunice decolorhami, a polychaete worms that live in tubular structures on the seafloor at depths of 180 to 340 meters, mainly on the slopes ofs Deswind Islands and the Nazca Ridge. With their bulbous eyeballs and jaws, these animals look more like characters from "The Muppet Show" than marine worms.
Lampocteis is not a true jellyfish, but a deep-sea ctenophore.
The researchers also discovered a particular crab with a hard red and white shell (scientific name: Ebalia sculpta). This crab lives on the seafloor about 200 meters below water depth, shuttling between tube worms and sea anemones. Its main feature is a face carved into the cephalothorax (the head and body fused together) , like a creature from the underworld.
Let's go deeper into the seabed. A group of foraminifera called xenophyophores are among his favorite strange deep-sea creatures. These are a type of single-celled protozoa that assemble in sediments to form delicate “tests.”
Thiss shells look a bit like plants, corals or large lichens. Levine said xenophyophore shells appear in deep-water channels from 400 meters underwater to the Mariana Trench. In this arid underwater world, they are home to invertebrates and developing fish embryos. From this perspective, the fact that humble protozoa provide habitat for invertebrates, as well as vertebrates such as lionfish, is incredible.
Another strange creature of the deep sea, the bone-eating worm (Osedax), is perhaps less adorable. These red polychaete worms with feathery tentacles do not have a stomach, mouth, or anus, but instead rely on the secretion of acid (from symbiotic bacteria) to break down the bones of marine animals. Female bone-eating worms can grow to about 2.5 centimeters in length, while males are only about 1 millimeter long.eur ; they live in a gelatinous tube attached to the female and exist only to fertilize the female's eggs.
Strange marine life 2The Pacific Ocean is the location of the deepest known fault in Earth's oceans. Challenger Deep is located in the Mariana Trench, near the Mariana Islands.
It is named after the British naval ship that led the first scientific expedition there in 1951. Named after. Its depth is 10,911 meters (35,797 feet). Even if Mount Everest fell there, its summit would be 1 mile (1,609 meters) above water, showing its depth.
In 1960, the US Navy's manned deep-sea submarine "Trieste" dove to the bottom of Challenger Deep and stayed there for 20 minutes. When "TriasteJacques Piccard and Don Walsh, the two crew members of the USS", were extremely surprised when they saw the small flounder on the bottom of the sea.
Since then, people have more than400 species of creatures have been living there, mostly tiny, simple, soft-shelled foraminifera, but many larger and stranger creatures are also found in the depths of the Pacific. The animals are very rare for humans
Oarfish (scientific name: Regalecus glesne)
Oarfish are considered the longest fish , some specimens reaching 17 meters in length. This fish is relatively rare, but it is sometimes observed. washed up on beaches in temperate and tropical zones around the world, including the Pacific Ocean.
This fish is said to spend most of its life between 20 and 200 meters deep, feeding on fish and invertebrates. Because the oarfish has a long body and swings its body forward when close to water, some people believe this is the origin of the sea serpent myth
Humboldt squid (scientific name: Dosidicus gigas)
The Humboldt squid is known for its very aggressive and fierce nature. Known for his hunting methods, he is sometimes called the "red devil". It generally lives under 700 meters of water. Gulf of California in the Pacific Ocean. It can grow up to 1.8 meters long, with strong limbs and tentacles. Easily capture and kill other fish. It is famous for its excellent underwater vision and its ability to glow and change color when excited. -marine anglerfish (scientific name: Melanocetus johnsoni)
The anglerfish owes its name to the fishing rod-shaped organ that grows from its nose. This organ is filled with bioluminescent bacteria and can emit light. , used to attract small fish as prey. This deep-sea anglerfish lives at depths of 1,000 meters and is a voracious predator of other fishons, capable of swallowing fish that measure more than twice its length. > Nautilus (scientific name: Nautilus sp.)
This octopus has virtually no ancient relatives dating back 150 million years. What change. The nautilus' large eyes are actually very insensitive to light. Instead, it relies on the touch of its approximately 90 tentacles to sense the world around it and find food. The nautilus spends its days underwater at a depth of 600 meters, and at night it returns to the surface to feed on the reefs. The shells are often washed up on beaches in the tropical Pacific. It is considered a treasure by those who find it.
Strange Marine Life 31. Clove Polyps: Clove polyps are also called glove polyps and have eight tentacles. These stunning polyps are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and come in brown, red, pink,white and green. The smallest ones are lilac polyps, while the larger ones are often called glove polyps.
Regardless of their size, they all have eight tentacles. They live on iodine, mysis, planktonic microorganisms and trace elements, usually live in groups and require a moderate amount of light. They grow quickly on coral reefs and rocks.
2. Sacrifice the mushrooms: These mushrooms are like paint in a painter's palette spread across the ocean. They come in fascinating colors, red, orange, purple and green. Red saxifrage mushrooms are the rarest and most valuable. Saxifraga mushrooms of different colors require different care.
Green saxifraga is a type of mushroom coral. It has spots on its surface and is a vibrant green color. The Atlantic and Caribbean green saxifraga species are classifieds as Florida saxifraga, while Pacific green saxifraga mushrooms are classified as Yuma saxifraga. Green saxifrages are firm mushrooms that harden slowly.
Orange saxifrages are relatively abundant. The Yuma saxifrage mushroom is found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, while the Florida saxifrage mushroom is found in the Caribbean. Red saxifrage mushrooms are more exotic, more precious, more beautiful and more showy. They are sensitive and not as tough as other types of coral. Be careful when handling them, as even the smallest tear on a red saxifrag mushroom can lead to a bacterial infection.
3. Duster Worms/Tube Worms: Who would believe that these beautiful and shiny featherworms are a kind of worm called featherworms? Duster worms look like an old-fashioned feather duster, with all parts except the head in a sand-filled tube.e.
The tube on the worm's head has two crowns, which are the organs that allow it to breathe and eat. These objects hidden in the tube are small but sensitive and can detect danger. Beautiful red, orange or brown sponges hang around the worms, adding to their beauty.
4. Bulb ascidian: The bulb ascidian is a bulbous ascidian. Her internal vagina and white organs are visible from her transparent coat. It looks like a light bulb. from. They are mainly found along the Norwegian coast, but are widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea. They are often loose and are cylindrical in shape, 4 cm long. They grow violently in winter and come back to life in summer.
5. Christmas Tree Worms: Christmas tree worms are very small and are a type of tube worm. These fascinating corals come in many colors, including yellow, goldangel, blue and white, and are widely distributed in tropical oceans around the world.
The colorful spiral of this worm is actually a high-density respiratory structure. She does not have appendages specifically intended for movement and swimming, and cannot swim outside of the tube. They have two beautiful crowns that make them look like a Christmas tree, hence the name. These crowns are actually their mouths, which are very sensitive and will immediately react even to shadows. The tube is their home.
6. Bubble coral: Bubble coral is very beautiful. There will be a lot of bubbles in the water that don't move. This is where the name bubble coral comes from. They need light to inflate and expand, and when open during the day, they look a lot like bubbles, pearls, or grapes. Once deflated you can see they have a hard skeleton. These corals are very fragile and can break if they areaffected, so be careful with their tentacles when handling and collecting them. Bubble corals are mainly found in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
7. Big Brain Coral: Big Brain Coral has a heavy, oval-shaped frame with a conical chassis. Also known as stacked brain corals or pit corals, these are large polyps of polyps. This beautiful coral is available in red, yellow, brown, green and blue. They are shaped like a number 8 or a clock.
At night, it spits tentacles from its mouth to protect itself. They are approximately 80 mm long and have 2 or 3 mouths. They survive through photosynthesis and do not need to feed. Reds require less light than greens. It is easy to collect such corals as they like to cling to reefs, shells and dead corals.
8. Sectioned coral: Sectioned coral is a beautiful coral from the deep sea. They are not reef species and live on zooplankton. Their translucent tentacles extend at night. Cup corals are widely known as the flowers of the sea and are famous for their vibrant colors and shapes. Their most common shapes are cups and plates.
9. Leather Mushroom Coral: Leather mushroom coral belongs to the soft coral family. Other common names include green mushroom coral, umbrella coral, and elephant ear leather coral. Like other corals, they come in many colors, including brown, cream, and dark red. This beautiful mushroom coral looks like folded leather and reveals its stalk-like tentacles at night and when feeding in the water. These are colonies of marine animals that provide them with nutrients.
10. Finger Coral: Finger coral is a beautiful coral that looks like a finger. He porte many names, such as finger leather coral, Nobby finger leather coral, devil's hand coral, cabbage leather coral, etc. They come in a variety of colors, such as brown, beige, green, pink, and gray.
They originally belonged to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. These unique corals, measuring 1 to 2 inches in size, get their nutrients from a type of algae that lives inside the coral and survives through photosynthesis. They also absorb nutrients from tiny plankton. Their appearance depends mainly on the strength of ocean currents.