Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that.
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How far does light travel in the ocean? (NOAA):
http://1.usa.gov/1N3rz04
In Defense of the Blobfish (Smithsonian):
http://bit.ly/1N3rN7u
More on sight in the deep sea (The Royal Society):
http://1.usa.gov/1N3rUzW
More on anglerfish (Copeia--behind paywall):
http://bit.ly/1N3sbTq
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Writer, Researcher, Camera
Ceri Riley
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File: Messina Straits Chauliodus sloani
Wikimedia Commons/Professor Francesco Costa
Kelp Forest and Sunlight
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Marine Snow Video (What Is Marine Snow?)
NOAA
Melanocetus anglerfish swims and turns in black
Getty/BBC Natural History
Anglerfish with full stomach
© Trustees of the NHM, London
File: Psychrolutes phrictus
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File: Psychrolutes phrictus 1
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Messina Straits Argyropelecus hemigymnus
Wikimedia Commons/Professor Francesco Costa
Atolla wyvillei (Operation Deep Scope 2004)
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Humpback Anglerfish (Melanocetus Johnsonii)
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Tripod Fish at a depth of 1440mtr in Brazil
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Giant Isopod (18443864634)
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Japanese spider crab
Wikimedia Commons/Popular Science Magazine, jun. 1920.
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Representatives of ceratioid families
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