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This is the famous telescope fish, the mysterious and fearsome deep-sea creature that went viral

A deep-sea predator equipped with tubular, light-amplifying eyes and a highly specialized jaw system is capturing scientists' attention for its extraordinary ability to thrive in pitch-black waters.
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It's 6 metres long, ugly with translucent skin and looks like a goblin with a witch’s nose and has the strangest jaw ever seen. Oh and it lives deep in the ocean too

This jaw-dropping shark is pink, nightmarishly ugly and can slingshot its jaw out of its face when it’s hungry ...
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These are the 50 weirdest animals in the world — and your jaw will be on the floor after seeing some of them

Wondering about the weirdest animals in the world? We've listed the Top 31 here — including the axolotl, aye-aye, blobfish, ...
Forbes

Meet The Rare ‘Ghost’ Of The Deep Sea. Hint: It’s Only Ever Been Seen Alive Once

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...
Forbes

A Biologist Spotlights 3 Of The Rarest Deep-Sea Fish — 1 Was Recently ‘Captured’ Alive For The First Time

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...
The New York Times

Get to Know the Ratfish and the Forehead Teeth It Uses During Sex

Scientists studied how the sea creatures, also known as chimaeras or ghost sharks, ended up with one of evolution’s most bizarre appendages. By Jack Tamisiea Life in the ocean’s dark depths can be ...