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10 Cool Sea Creatures You Need toKnow About

Want something cool? Aside from the10 animals that you probably didnt know existed,here

are 10 sea creatures that may or may not give you nightmares!

But seriously, you will enjoy this! I hope youll learn something from this post!

Enjoy!

1. Tremoctopus (Blanket Octopus)

Magical attributes are:

Immune to Portuguese man o war.

Females reach up to 2 meters in length.

Males have a special third right arm that stores sperm.

Males die shortly after mating, because said arm detaches from the male and crawls into

the mantle of the female in order to fertilize the eggs.

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2. Glaucus Atlanticus (Blue Dragon Seaslug)

Scary facts about this cute creature:

It feasts on Portuguese Man o Wars.

Delivers painful sting to any human who dare touches it.

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Consumes poisonous organisms and stores their poison for its personal use.

3. Ctenophora (Comb Jelly)

Technical specifications of the USS Ctenophora:

Can grow from 1 milimeter to 1.5 meters (4 feet 11 inches)

No brain. They make use of decentralized nerve network to function.

Needs water flow to go through their body cavity in order to respire and digest.

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4. Sternoptychidae (Deep Sea Hatchetfish)

The horror:

Size ranges from 1.1 inch to 4.7 inches long.

By night they move up to 50-100 meters where they can view the stars. By daybreak they

dive to up to 3,600 meters.

They spawn on open water.

Their life spans do not go beyond one year.

Magic ability: bio-luminescentcounter-illumination.Meaning, they produce light to

match their surroundings in order to hidetheir presence.

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5. Glass Squid

Well, theres very little to see here

Check out the Wikipedia entry forGlass Squid (lazy!).

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6. Northern Stargazer

The Northern Stargazer is found between the states of North Carolina and New York, often

between the depths of 100 to 120 feet (36m). Its mouth faces up in order to ambush its prey

while hiding under sand. Aside from the scary face, the Stargazer can also deliver an electric

shock to its prey.

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7. Nudibranch

Nudibranch are cool in a way that they shed their shells after their larval stage. Which, in turn,

gave them the name Nudibranch, which comes from the Latin wordnudus,

naked, andGreek brankhiafor gills.

Aside from being one of the most colorful creatures on earth, Nudibranch leverages chemicals

for their protection. Toxins that can induce hpotension in a predator and such.

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8. Odontodactylus Scyllarus (Peacock Mantis Shrimp)

Call it beautiful and fancy, but many consider it as a dangerous pest. They are predators whose

size span from 1.2 to 7.1 inches (3 to 18 cm) with the belly of a beast. They will feast upon other

inhabitants of tanks (mind you, because of their color, people collect them and treat them as

pets!). Since they can grow as large as the size of an average banana, bigger specimens are also

known to ram into aquariums.

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9. Neoclinus Blanchardi (Sarcastic Fringehead)

Aside from the scary appearance and funny name, you need to know that the Sarcastic

Fringehead is overly territorial. It will wrestle intruders (and by wrestle, I mean kiss with that

beautiful lips) to achieve dominance.

They grow up to 12 inches long (30 cm). Perfect pet for baby demons.

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10. Scaly Dragonfish

Should have named it the Scary Dragonfish.

In any case, heres theWikipedia entry.Why? Because Im lazy.

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Bonus: Unknown

Can anyone please tell me what the heck is this?

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Well, thats all for now, folks!

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10 Living Fossils That You ProbablyDidnt Know Existed

A living fossil is an organism that lacks significant evolution over the past millions of years.

Either they have survived this long or they have no close living relatives.

Short introduction, lets get to the list as soon as we can!

Related:10 Animals You Probably Didnt Know Existed

1. Bearded Vulture

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2. Okapi

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3. Nautilus

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4. Little Chevrotain

5. Horseshoe Crab

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6. Hoatzin

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7. Frilled Shark

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8. Coelacanth

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9. Clam Shrimp

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10. Axolotl

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