Strange Aquatic Life Forms You Don't Wanna Catch
66You could be sitting there, asking yourself where fish like this are caught.
Well the ocean is made up of many different layers. Those layers are broken up into five different zones. The zone closest to the surface is known as the Euphotic layer. More or less, these different sea creature live somewhere deep in the belly of the Euphotic and Mesopelagic zone. While some of these creatures featured live even further down, and their exact location is still unknown.
The Euphotic layer starts topside of the ocean's surface, and extends a mere 200 meters down. It is here at this sea level, that virtually all primary food production, in the ocean happens. It is also here at this depth that the infiltration of light is efficient enough, for photosynthesis to occur.
However, the next ocean zone known as the Mesopelagic zone is almost entirely dark. It is also where many ocean sea creatures hide out during the day. The Mesopelagic zone range is between 200 and 1000 meters deep, and stays relatively around 2°-5°c. At a thousand meters, the Bathypelagic zone begins. It is here that the pressure of the ocean is nearly a hundred times greater than that of the surface's. Below that lies the Abyssopelagic zone, which starts at 4000 meters below the surface. It is known as the great abyss, and extends all the way down to the sea floor. Except where ocean trenches are found, cutting through the ocean's sea floor and extending even further down. It is here in this area, known as the Hadopelagic zone where virtually nothing is known about it. So far, it is the earth's best kept secret, and currently impossible to explore. Some of the deepest known depths go as far down as 11,000 meters. That is a total of 36,089 feet. (1 meter= 3.280 feet.)
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Totally terrifying!!! Definitely don't want to catch them!
thanks for all the pictures and info on fishes of the deep. wow, some of those fishes looked monsterous and scarry. I appreciate the information,I'm sure wasn't easy to come by,especially the pictures. creativeone59
Rather informative. I'll be sure to not go fishing in the sea any time soon...besides, still looking to fix up my schooner after that run-in with Nessie. Dang, that was sucky.
Great pictures, RKHenry, thanks for publishing this! That Black Chimera is the creepiest looking thing.
wow, interesting info...i don't wanna be catching of these
I love this RK. I watch the nature shows a lot and especially the deep ocean ones. It's enough to give one nightmares ain't it? LOL great job. peace, CC
Some of those fish scared the hell out of me.
LOL they would when hauling up onto your boat for sure. Pretty cool stuff though. amazing critters down below
Oh my goodness. I may not sleep tonight. No more seafood for me.
I've said it a million times and I'll say it again. CREEEEEEEPYYY!!!! As scary as they are something pulls me towards them. I don't know what it is. I wrote about two deep sea fish so far. Wrote about the Fangtooth and the Viperfish. If you're into this kind of thing. check it out
http://hubpages.com/hub/Creatures-Of-The-Deep-Fang



















shamelabboush says:
4 months ago
That IS terrifying! Never known that those things exist?