The water world is diverse, it is filled with amazing creatures that live at various depths. This is a blunt shark (bull) living at shallow depths, shallow waters, and deep-sea luminous fish, which only a professional diver can meet. We decided to talk about the diversity of the waters of the oceans and seas in this article.
"White Death", or the eater shark
The largest white shark (karharodon) is considered the largest representative of ocean predators. It can reach a length of eight meters and weigh more than three tons. Her mouth is so huge that it can fit up to eight people of medium build. They called her a white shark for the color of his belly, while the back of this monster is gray. Such characteristics help her to go unnoticed in any, even the most transparent water.
The Great White Shark (Karharodon) is an inhabitant of the oceans, most often it can be found off the coast of California. She lives in coastal waters, the temperature of which does not drop below twelve degrees, does not like low-salt seas and, fortunately, is not found at all in desalinated waters. In search of food, a predator can swim very far from the coast and dive to a depth of more than one thousand three hundred meters.
In food, this predator is illegible and grabs everything that falls into its field of vision. There were times when opening a dead shark in her stomach found glass bottles, and whole dogs, and pumpkins, and a variety of garbage. Not only oceans are part of her diet. The white shark feeds on both large and small creatures, it can be quite large fish, mammals, small inhabitants of the seas (turtles, mollusks and others). The monster swallows smaller prey as a whole, and tears it into large parts, which in weight can reach seventy kilograms. The man-eater of this predator was nicknamed for the huge number of attacks on people. But a man is not a tasty dish for a shark; she can attack him only by confusing it with a seal. When the predator recognizes that there is a “tasteless” person in its mouth, it leaves it. Not many people survived the shark attack.
Bull shark
The fish of the seas and oceans are diverse, there are more than three hundred and fifty sharks alone, of which one of the most interesting is the bull shark. This creature is much smaller than karkharodon, but more adapted to existence. So, it is found not only in the salty waters of the seas and oceans, but also in fresh rivers and lakes. This species is kept in coastal zones and rarely swims to a depth of more than a hundred meters, which is why it is the most dangerous for people.
The maximum recorded length of a blunt shark is four meters, and weight is four hundred kilograms. It was this predator that became the "muse" for creating the legendary "Jaws", as it is the leader in the number of attacks on humans.
The gray bull shark is very lazy and prefers to hunt in the muddy waters, which make it as invisible as possible. She swims slowly, when attacking her victim, she pushes her initially, and then bites until she loses her ability to resist.
Tripod fish
The fish living in the ocean are so diverse that there is simply not enough time to list and describe them. We have collected information about the most interesting and unique creatures, which included an amazing tripod fish. With its appearance, it really resembles this device.
Ocean fish inhabit all water layers, and the tripod belongs to the deepest creatures, it can be seen at a depth of up to six thousand meters. It is small, can grow up to thirty centimeters in length, and its distinguishing feature is the long and thin lower fins, which it firmly fixes in the muddy bottom in order to stand against the tide and wait for the food to swim in its mouth. These fins are three pieces, and they serve not only for support, but also for swimming. At the top of this fish there are fin rays, with which it captures the prey swimming from above and, making sure of its suitability as a food, directs it directly into the mouth.
This fish resembles an alien creature with its appearance, which by some miracle appeared in the depths of the seas. This is a really interesting creature.
Saber fish
This fish, resembling an outwardly large worm, can be found in warm tropical seas. It is quite large, in length it can grow from one to almost two and a half meters. It is long and completely devoid of a caudal fin, in its place there is a filiform appendage. The physique resembles a saber, which is why the fish is so called. The dorsal fin is wide and long, growing from the head to the caudal appendage. The hairtail (the second name of the species) lives on the coast, and at night it is on the surface of the water. It feeds on crustaceans, small fish. For humans, this fish is a delicious product.
Idiakant - Glowing Monster
The fish of the oceans in their diversity have not only beautiful creatures, but also truly monstrous ones. That is exactly what the idiac is. This creature resembles a worm with a huge mouth in which there are long and sharp teeth. It is found in the temperate waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, lives at a depth of five hundred to two thousand meters.
Females are brown and black, grow up to fifty centimeters. The males are much smaller (only seven centimeters), and their color is light brown. These fish have no scales. Interestingly, not only the bodies of these fish glow, but also their teeth. A luminous long process hangs from the lower jaw, which serves as a bait for fish entangled in dark, deep waters.
In the daytime, these fish are at a depth, and at night they rise to the surface to have dinner. Females are especially voracious. They can swallow quite a large prey, and their whole body is adapted to such a diet: the jaws open like a snake, thanks to the non-ossified first vertebra, the stomach can stretch to incredible sizes. All organs when swallowing large food move away so as not to be exposed to possible damage.
Deep-sea angler
This is another representative of deep-sea luminous creatures, is the most terrible fish in the world. The anglerfish lives at depths from one and a half to three thousand meters, where sunlight does not enter at all. Their color varies from dark brown to black; at the females a long process with a luminous tip departs from the head, serving as a bait for prey, hence the name of the individual. These fish glow with bacteria filling their integument.
The body shape of this monster is spherical, huge jaws with razor-sharp teeth are located on a large head. Females can grow up to a meter, and males do not exceed four centimeters in length. It is the females that are predatory creatures.
Anglers are very voracious and often die from their gluttony. They can swallow food that is several times larger than their size, and because of the inability to spit it out (their teeth interfere) they simply die.
Males are mostly parasites. They are attached to the bodies of females with teeth, and then they grow together with the intestines, receiving nutrients from her blood.
Hatchet fish
This is a small luminous fish, its size is only seven centimeters in length. Build like an ax. Luminous organs are located on this creature on the abdomen and serve as a disguise, not a bait.
These fish of the oceans, living at a depth of five hundred to six hundred meters, are predators. Hatchets can adjust the intensity of their glow.