When we look back at the animal kingdom, we are greeted by countless living creatures with different characteristics. While these features may seem cool to us, they essentially are needs We don’t think that’s why they appear. For example of cats Their odd ears allow them to hear extremely well, while their eyes allow them to see well in low light. Their appearance is largely formed in the context of these needs.

This applies not only on land, but also in the oceans. Especially what we are not used to seeing every day, in the depths of the ocean When we look at the creatures that live and frighten most people, many features stand out that we are not used to seeing in the oceanic creatures we know.

When you look at these deep creatures, their large eyes attract attention. But isn’t the bottom of the ocean just dark?

pseudobathylagus

First of all, yes, these areas where sunlight cannot reach are naturally quiet dark. But most of the creatures that live here have the ability to produce their own light. This is your light mating and hunting offers a tool for the problems.

To catch this light, as with these creatures we see in the depths, big eyes is necessary. Although this does not give a completely clear picture, almost everything customer It can be quite crucial to survive in an environment where

As an example of creatures with their own light, let’s look at the anglerfish (specifically the family Melanocetidae), which we mainly encounter in the cinema world.

On top of his head, he’s the one that makes him special light we can see. Thanks to this light, it can attract its prey.

The same light allows the male of the species to find the female and all that mating can be supplied. In other words, this is a feature that evolves with needs.

There’s something strange about these creatures’ attitudes, but we weren’t quite sure what it was. So why is this happening?

What makes their shape generally strange is the enormous pressure that is exerted on it. custom their bodies. When you look at these conditions, they are actually perfect for their environment. physical features you can see it is.

Let’s take another example of the anglerfish.

The abdomen of the species in question is like that ability to expand They can hunt creatures up to twice their size.

The advantage of this is that, in contrast to what is on the surface, it is possible to eat in depth.you will eat what you findlogic is valid.

It is not uncommon for these creatures to starve for long periods of time, but this trait, found in anglerfish and many other species, is somewhat of a predilection for their food. their stock makes it possible.

Their disproportionately large mouths and teeth also have a reason.

In most deep-sea creatures mouth It is noteworthy that part of it has a huge expansion capacity. Of course, the disproportionately large sharp teeth Without it, it doesn’t mean much to them.

These teeth prevent prey from escaping once captured. For the creatures that enter the huge mouth we mentioned, these teeth are the ones that prevent them from coming back. to the railings turns into

You may have noticed that some of these creatures are transparent.

Angelfish (Gymnosomata)

There’s not much to hide behind at the bottom of the ocean. This too transparent It makes it possible for living things to camouflage themselves in their natural state and thus survive.

In depth except for the transparent ones bright red It is noteworthy that there are also colorful creatures. This is an effective camouflage method, as most creatures cannot distinguish red here.

So how come their bodies aren’t harmed?

air pocket

When we start diving deep the air in our body increasingly compressed. Our lungs, which allow us to breathe, and fish that do not live in the depths, make them rise and fall in the water. air pockets has.

But in deep-sea creatures, these air sacs are too not found. So no air needs to be compressed. Therefore, their bodies are not damaged.

Blobfish, now a legend on the internet and once voted the ‘ugliest animal’, is one of the creatures that live in the deep:

Can be sensitive for some

But this creature doesn’t actually look like it. A musculature, skeleton and air sac as we know it. not- this creature, just like any other species the water itself use as support. For this reason, although it corresponds to the definition of fish, which we are very accustomed to in the depths, it deforms when we bring it to the surface.

It wouldn’t be nice to say that, but pressure change When we think about it, we can say that it has kept its shape quite well.

Blobfish actually looks like this

When you collect what we have listed here one by one, strange conceptions will appear in front of you. But like we said; all these out of necessity emerging features.

sources: Monterey Bay Aquarium, BioGeoPlanet, Science ABC