Sea monsters. The most terrible monsters

Many are engaged in diving, to look at the magnificence and diversity of fish, which quickly jump to and fro. But the inhabitants of the seabed are not always good-natured, and some of them even look like real monsters. Such fish are not afraid of people, so it's best to retire when meeting them.

Sabretooth

Sea monsters do not have to be big. They can be small, but very evil and scary. It is to such a saber-toot. Some call this fish far more frightening - the "cannibal". Her skin is covered with a thick layer of armor, and in the mouth are four sharp straight teeth, with which she shreds the victim, if she inadvertently swims too deep. These sea monsters are small, on average 15 to 20 cm in length. Their body gradually widens from tail to head, which because of this looks huge. Long teeth only supplement the overall picture, making the saber-toot even more ugly. And although this species lives at a huge depth, somewhere 5,000 meters, they still manage to easily find themselves a victim, and in some cases can swim to a lesser depth in search of prey.

Fish Dragon

Terrible fish of black color with small eyes and huge teeth, which they can gnaw out even the thickest defense, in the depths of the sea are called dragons. The females of this species are long, up to 40 cm in length, and very flexible. They look awesome, but male dragons can not boast of this. In length they are only 5 cm, there are no sharp teeth in males, and in general they are not very similar to predators. This species lives at a depth of about 2,000 meters.

An interesting fact: the eyes of dragon larvae hang on special stems, and as the fish grows, they "get in their place", that is, they reach the eye sockets.

Goliath fish

This type of tiger fish is considered the most dangerous. Most of all it resembles a piranha, however, it differs from it in size - the Goliath fish is huge. The total number of tiger species is five, the largest of which lives in the Congo River. The fish live there reaches 50 kg of weight and 180 cm in length, there even those experienced divers who are looking for adventures will hardly wish to meet with it. In addition, the mouth of an underwater inhabitant is "decorated" with teeth, sharp as razors. Goliath can eat an animal that inadvertently hit the water, and deal with a small crocodile. In addition, anglers eager to catch this predator, you need to have patience and steel leashes - the usual strong network fish easily gnaw through their "razors".

Unusual marine life

In addition to dangerous monsters, which are just waiting for a new victim, there are quite good-natured fish in the oceans and rivers. Only they look a little strange, and sometimes even repulsive. But because of this, the most vivid representatives of unusual fish even got some popularity.

Fish-drop

Some call it the most disgusting fish of the existing ones. It hides not so deeply as the previously described species, but still it will be difficult to see it - the drop prefers to live at a depth of 100 to 600 m. The body of the fish is slimy and large, it reaches 10 kg in weight and more like an incomprehensible jelly mass. In length, the average representative of this species is about 50-60 cm, the largest - 70 cm. At the same time, there are no scales on her body, as well as fins. Only the gelatinous structure allows the drop to move in the water, but since there are no muscles in the body of the fish, it can swim only downstream. So the underwater inhabitant feeds in a very strange way - just opens the mouth and waits for the careless inhabitants of the ocean to enter it. Now this species is threatened with extinction, since lobster hunters very often catch it in their nets. The fish is inedible, but lives about the same depth as the desired catch of fishermen.

An interesting fact: the drop has become very popular due to the fact that its face resembles a human face - it has large eyes and even a nose that most closely resembles a potato. In addition, she is called the most sad fish in the world, and all because between her eye sockets is a long distance, because of what seems like she is always sad.

Mandarin

This small fish is considered "psychedelic" due to its coloring - blue, yellow, orange, blue and green shades make her body unusually bright. Such fish have become very popular because of the interesting coloring, but despite the fact that many of them start them in their aquariums, not everyone can keep a mandarin. All because this species can only eat copepods, which can not be found on the shelves of pet stores - they are the smallest crustaceans of the ocean. So in captivity, mandarins often die because of hunger.

Witch Fish

Another species is called myxins and is considered one of the most unusual. A witch fish does not have jaws, and because of this, it eats only tiny fish or it can get into the body of a large dying person, after which it will scrape it from the inside out. Reputation these sea monsters have not the best. They are the first in terms of the amount of mucus on the body. The fish could even die, because the mucus constantly clogs its airways. But she cleanses herself of the slimy substance of her body, folding at the same time into a knot.

An interesting fact: a witch fish is the only species that knows how to sneeze. She does this to remove mucus from one nostril.

Who lives on the seabed?

The angler is the most dangerous and disgusting fish from the existing on the seabed. It is dangerous for experienced divers, as well as for other inhabitants of the sea, who live in the depths. These terrible fish seem to hide their ugliness from others, so they live at a depth of 1 to 1.5 km. The anglers spend most of their life at the very bottom, where they dig into the sand or silt in anticipation of the victim. In total, there are more than 200 species of these fish.

In addition, these sea monsters have a special "flashlight". It resembles a float and begins to glow at great depths. This serves as a bait for unwary fishes.

Life of marine life

Despite the terrible and disgusting neighbors, the life of marine inhabitants is quite diverse. Many fish have learned to defend themselves or hide from sea monsters that try to get them. Some kinds of strange, frightening creatures are not predators at the same time. They do not hunt people, like, for example, a grudge or a goliath. This is a drop-fish and a witch that do not pose a threat to a person, despite their appearance.