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TOP FIVE DEEP SEA CREATURES YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN

POLYCHAETE

This creature trawled form the floor the sea at 1200 metres ie 3900 feet off the northern coast of New Zealand in 2015, this year.These worms can be ferocious predators. The “tentacles” on its head are sensory organs designed to detect prey. This one can turn its pharynx inside out in a sudden grab for smaller creatures . Thankfully, these types of worms rarely grow longer than 10cm and look like alien. They also tend to stay well out of our way, often found near hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.





4 BLOBFISH

The blobfish is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand. Blobfish are typically shorter than 30 cm.


3 CETOMIMIDAE

A group of gluttonous deep-sea predators called “whalefish” were known only from female specimens and classified as Cetomimidae, literally meaning “whale mimic.” For almost as long, another group of fish called Megalomycteridae, or “bignoses,” were only ever found to be male. Mysteriously, these creatures have no digestive tracts, implying a very short lifespan in which to find for a mate. Finally, a third variety of fish, nicknamed “tapetails,” seemed to all be juveniles,and are incredibly long, delicate tails. If you haven’t guessed already, we now know that these three totally different creatures are all the same exact animal.


2 TONGUEFISH

The scary eyed tonguefish, are usually found in shallow estuaries or tropical oceans. This one lives in the deep sea, and was trawled from the bottom of the western Pacific earlier this year 2015 Interestingly, some tonguefish have been spotted around sulphur-spewing hydrothermal vents.


1 VIPER FISH

In the genera Chauliodus, there is a deep-sea predator known as Chauliodus Sloani, better known as the viperfish. These slender fish have large, fang-like teeth and even though they appear to have scales, they are actually covered by a thick, transparent coating. One of the most interesting characteristics about the viperfish is the bell-shaped organ that illuminates to potentially lure in unsuspecting prey. They are known as random eaters, but they will feed mainly on Lanternfishes, Myctophidae, and other fish. Found in the bathypelagic region, the Viperfish lives at a depth between 1000 to 4000 meters.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viperfish)







TOP FIVE PLACES TO VISIT BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR

We love to visit different places and explorer different corners of the world. See other peoples culture and tradition and of course the natural beauty of the planet earth. But there are some places on earth which are breathtaking and you must visit them in your life once but very soon may within 2 decades or less because they are going to disappear.. . from planet Earth. 

So here's top five places on earth you must visit before they disappear.

1 The Dead Sea

Dead Sea is the saltiest lake on earth and is known as the world's original health resort. This sea is said to relieve many ailments ranging form psoriasis to osteoarthritis. Past 4 decades the lake has shrunk by about 30 % and is being rapidly shrunk and many be one in 50 years is shrunk in same rate. 



2 The Maldives

The country is popular for being the lowest nation in world and is made up of 1200 islands. Over 80% of these island are less than one meter above sea level. Hence these island is endangered by rising waters of ocean. It is predicted that within a century, the Maldives will be gone. 



3 Montana's Glacier National Park

In year 1850 Montana's Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers but now there are barely 25 of them. It is believed that in next 15years from 2015 all the glaciers will be gone. The National Park is known for retaining all of its plant and animal species; however this is going to change along with the ecosystem when the glacier-fed cold water is gone.



4 Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, is the largest and inaruagbly the most breathtaking coral reef. Inreased in ocean pollution , acidification and rise in temperature has cause very massive coral bleaching and hence the reef is disappearing.About half of Reef has already gone in last three decade. And there will be no more of in by 2030. 



5 Venice, Italy

Venice popularly known as “City of Water,” Venice has a long history of being one of the most romantic Italian cities for its small canals and beautiful bridges. The sinking of Venice is being faster more than five times and it is thought it would be. The rising sea level has also caused city to be shunk.