by Anglerfish are one of the most frightening creatures to swim in the ocean.
If its bucket-sized mouth bearing razor-sharp teeth, tiny frosted eyes and spiky fines weren’t scary enough, add its ability to lure its prey with glowing head lanterns and the anglerfish becomes the stuff of nightmares.
Common names for anglerfish hint at some of the wild forms they can take – snaggletooth sea devil, wolf trap and pugnacious dreamer (also known as the tyrannical toad), to name just a few.
But while these fish are found all over the world, they are fairly elusive, solitary – par for the course for a fish that lives 1,000 to 16,400 feet (300 to 5,000 meters) below the surface.
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If its bucket-sized mouth bearing razor-sharp teeth, tiny frosted eyes and spiky fines weren’t scary enough, add its ability to lure its prey with glowing head lanterns and the anglerfish becomes the stuff of nightmares.
Common names for anglerfish hint at some of the wild forms they can take – snaggletooth sea devil, wolf trap and pugnacious dreamer (also known as the tyrannical toad), to name just a few.
But while these fish are found all over the world, they are fairly elusive, solitary – par for the course for a fish that lives 1,000 to 16,400 feet (300 to 5,000 meters) below the surface.
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