If you just look at the pictures, you wouldn’t be able to guess what this is. I was not able to. I thought it something from a sci-fi movie. What you see in the picture above are covered in delicate silvery scales… sometimes with a shade of green or brown. They produce their own light and dwell at the very depths of the ocean… Depths of up to 600 feet (180 meters) to 4,500 feet (1,370 meters). What you see above is 1 of 45 individual species…

They have large tubular eyes pointing upwards. Everyday, they await for food (plankton or tiny fishes) to fall from above and catch them. They have a short life span of no longer than a year. So many undiscovered species live in the deeps of the ocean that never surface. Still thousands of undiscovered species of life form. Interesting. More people have gone into space than to the bottom of the ocean.

They are called the Hatchetfish. I don’t know about you… but they look familiar. Maybe like human faces in a distorted way?

(Please click on this link to view more videos of these marine mysteries on Tsem Rinpoche's blog - You couldn'tguess what this is!

wow

This is not discovery channel, plenty of things you never seen before does not mean others have not. This angle don't look like you or me.

Oh come on... You may be exposed to such marine life but not everyone is and the marine life in deep blue sea is completely different from anything else we have ever seen. Some are so alien, it is incredible. Just watching the video of these fishes makes me feel like I am in another world altogether. This is incredible.

You only amazed at the front view of the freaking fish, while from the side, its just another fish. The internet is full of things we have not seen, not a PhD material.

Don't worry. They live in places so deep, at such high pressure, you'll never be face to face with them. If you try to dive down to see them, you'll be dead long before you reach anywhere even close. And if anyone tried to bring them up, they will die.

This is why fishermen do not catch them in nets, and you'll never see ny of these in aquariums ... until somebody with too much money builds a special high-pressure aquarium ...

I know this is not very ethical but I hope somebody will do it. With current technology, it is feasible. It will be an awesome experience to be able to see such creature of the deep sea face to face, of course behind glass

Thanks for sharing.

This post has been edited by deARCH: Oct 17 2012, 05:42 PM