The ocean is vast -- and if reports are anything to go by -- we have only explored about 10%
of our ocean, which is a terrifying thought.
From what we have explored we have discovered some truly terrifying and dangerous animals
that live on our planet, with many of them residing deep below our surface.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, we’re going to be counting down our list of the Top 5
Scariest Deep-Sea Creatures.
Lets jump in.
5 Goblin Shark The Goblin Shark is perhaps the ugliest animal
in the entire world.
Not shaming, just stating facts.
Also known as a “living fossil” the Goblin Shark lives up to 1300 ft deep inside the
sea.
What is terrifying about these creatures is that they can detach their whole mouth from
their body in order to get their prey.
How f*cking terrifying is that?!
They can grow up to 3.5m and love hunting teleost fish.
They have flabby body with small fins with nail-like teeth, and are quite different from
other sharks as they are the strongest looking and perhaps the ugliest sharks in the oceans.
They have a pinkish appearance sometimes red when they are old because blood vessels can
be seen through its skin.
The camouflage colour of its skin helps it hide in plain sight, allowing it to catch
prey undetected.
They are very rarely seen in the deep oceans, and was first seen on the coast of Japan in
1898 by naturalist Alan Owston.
Now, it is visible in all oceans, but mostly in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, France, Portugal,
and Senegal.
4 Fangtooth Fish Fangtooth Fish are the deepest living fish
ever found on earth.
They can survive 5,000m below sea level which is absolutely crazy.
The pressure at the level is 500 times than that of land.
Their teeth are in proportion to their body size making them one of the scariest deep
sea creatures we have ever come across.
Their eyes are situated on the top of their heads and comparatively smaller in size.
Not only that but they have scales on its skin which are shaped like plates, and their
fins are small and spineless.
They are a big fan of thriving in oceans with tropical and temperate temperature -- and
it can go as deep as 5000m and gence one of the deepest living creatures in the world.
Like me it avoids sunlight and only goes to the ocean surface during the night.
Same, same.
Despite how it looks, it is in fact harmless to humans, so don’t fret if you see one
during a late night paddle.
They are instead a big fan of squid and fish, and locate its prey by detecting chemical
signatures of other fish varieties in the water.
3 Giant Squid This squid is giant, incase the name didn’t
give it away.
They can grow up to 14m, which is the equivalent to the size of the five-story building.
Yup -- terrifying.
More terrifying still, they are so big they can eat small whales.
Whales!
The first ever image of a giant squid was taken by Japanese researches in its natural
habitat, and it’s believed that their many species of Giant Squid exist but as per genetics
research.
The largest known squid species can be seen in all oceans, however, as of right now, they
have only been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii,
the Southern oceans and California.
Giant Squid can grow up to 59 ft in length, making it one of the biggest animals on the
entire planet.
I hate this so much.
While on the topic of appearance, the Giant Squid has a large head with eight arms and
two tentacles used for grabbing prey.
Not only that, but it also has an incredibly strong jaw, similar to a parrot beak.
The species are a big fan of eating other squid, fish and shrimp, and according to different
researchers, they can also attack and eat small whales as previously stated.
2 Humpback Anglerfish Right off the bat, I hate Anglerfish.
I hate their stupid light bulb and their stupid teeth -- and this dude is no different.
Humpback Anglerfish are perhaps the most terrifying deep sea creature you will ever come across,
just because of how it looks.
The species are grey to dark brown in colour and have a large head with a big crescent-shaped
mouth full to the brim with sharp teeth which are also translucent.
They live up to 2000m below the sea and us their light to see their prey, which is actually
an antenna located on its head.
They can swallow prey twice their size, and use their bioluminescence that produces symbiotic
bacteria when in the dark to attract them.
Now, the Humpback Anglerfish is widely distributed in almost all oceans across the world, and
more interesting still, the species have a lateral line that can sense the pressure and
movements in the surrounding ocean.
1 Frilled Shark Frilled Sharks are typically found thousands
of feet below surface, and most commonly in the Suruga Bay area of Japan.
They are very similar to sharks in the sense that they have very dangerous three pointed
teeth.
Known as the living fossil and mostly seen in Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, this guy
is just straight up terrifying, and loves eating bony fishes.
It has a flattened head and an incredibly large mouth, with around 300 teeth arranged
in 25 rows pointing in a backward direction.
It’s body is elongated and is brown in colour.
Now, typically sharks don’t have a nictitating membrane that is a thin but tough membrane
considered as an eyelid that moves horizontally with the eyes -- however, this shark has that,
and uses it to protect its eyes during potentially dangerous situations.
Not only that, but its skeleton also contains less calcium, likely because it lives so deep
under water which is poor in nutrients.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Which deep-sea creature scared you the most?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2.
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