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Walks through sylvan glades and mountain meadows would be very different if you encountered things like this (monk fish) sitting on logs every so often. Kinda spoils the serenity. Source Sitting on the keel of the HMS Ark Royal, this Monkfish let us take some close up shots about 80 miles off o...

The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventuall...

3. Firefly Squid This squid sees the world in color. And it makes deep-blue pretty light itself. (image credit: Phil Livelsberger) The firefly squid (watasenia scintillans), also called the sparkling enope squid has special deep-blue light producing organs called photophores - by flashing the...

What lurked in the depths, now is going to haunt your boat. Be careful what you hook up. Aside from picking some vicious industrial garbage, you can bring to the surface some strange and unmentionable things. Most fishermen will happily brag about an extraordinary big fish (and we'll show plenty of t...

Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish (Mesopelagic - found at 80-1600 meters - about a mile down) are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with l...

What do you know--another tragedy out of China. This one comes in the form of an expected recently extinctified (made up word) giant freshwater fish known as the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius). It used to haunt the mighty waters of the Yangtze River. These monsters measured in at around 21 f...

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monk fish monk fish (Preview)	Alien Animals	0	1456	Jun 16, 2009 by Dj Quiva
Walks through sylvan glades and mountain meadows would be very different if you encountered things like this (monk fish) sitting on logs every so often. Kinda spoils the serenity. Source Sitting on the keel of the HMS Ark Royal, this Monkfish let us take some close up shots about 80 miles off o...
parasite fish A parasitic crustacean - A Real Tongue Snatcher (Preview)	Parasitic / Microscopic / Microbial Species	0	2131	Jul 2, 2009 by Dj Quiva
The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventuall...
ugly fish squid 10 creatures, each one step short of an alien life form (Preview)	Alien Animals	1	1740	Jul 9, 2009 by Shem
3. Firefly Squid This squid sees the world in color. And it makes deep-blue pretty light itself. (image credit: Phil Livelsberger) The firefly squid (watasenia scintillans), also called the sparkling enope squid has special deep-blue light producing organs called photophores - by flashing the...
ugly fish deep sea teeth What lurk in the depths - fish stories (Preview)	Alien Animals	2	13237	Jul 13, 2009 by Jollyjo
What lurked in the depths, now is going to haunt your boat. Be careful what you hook up. Aside from picking some vicious industrial garbage, you can bring to the surface some strange and unmentionable things. Most fishermen will happily brag about an extraordinary big fish (and we'll show plenty of t...
Snakehead fish invasion The Northern Snakehead fish wreaks havoc (Preview)	Water Species	0	1987	Jul 13, 2009 by Jollyjo

Mammal Water Species Fish Nature BROWN BEARS FISHING FOR SALMON (Preview)	Other Animal Species	0	1990	Aug 29, 2009 by Dj Quiva

Alien Animals Water Species Fish Life in the Deep (Preview)	Alien Animals	1	1911	Sep 15, 2009 by Jollyjo
Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish (Mesopelagic - found at 80-1600 meters - about a mile down) are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with l...
Water Species Fish Giant fish 'verges on extinction' (Preview)	Species News	0	1694	Oct 4, 2009 by Dj Quiva
What do you know--another tragedy out of China. This one comes in the form of an expected recently extinctified (made up word) giant freshwater fish known as the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius). It used to haunt the mighty waters of the Yangtze River. These monsters measured in at around 21 f...