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Underwater world undiscovered-creatures-discovered
This document describes several undiscovered deep sea creatures including: - An Atlantic wolfish pair that eats crabs and crustaceans - A fangtooth fish found at around 16,000 feet deep - A giant spider crab that can grow to 12 feet wide - Giant tube worms that live near hydrothermal vents and survive toxic gases - A Pacific viperfish that lures prey with lights on its belly
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- 1. Undiscovered Creatures- Discovered! Atlantic Wolfishpair – they eat crabs and other crustaceans.
- 3. Fangtooth fish At around16-000 feet deep
- 4. Giant Spider Crab Thisdeep-sea creature can grow up to 12 feet at its widest span.
- 5. Giant Tube Worms Thesecolonies of sea worms live near hydro thermal vents (openings on the ocean floor) and are able to survive the poisonous gases that spew out from them.
- 6. Pacific Viperfish This fearsome-lookingcreature lures its prey by means of lights on its belly!
- 7. Six-Gill Shark Lives onthe ocean floor by day, then rises to the sea's surface by night, in search of food.
- 8. Vampire Squid This oceanresident gets its name from the cloak- like appearance of its webbed arms when open.
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- 10. Wavy Sea Slug Thespecies was first discovered in 1930.
- 11. Glowing Jellyfish The brightred sea creature has horseshoe- shaped anchors and prominent pads on its outer tentacles.
- 12. The Blue SeaSquirt looks like a bouquet of iridescent slinkies. It lives on dead coral, and filters nutrients from water passing by. The creature was first described in 1904.
- 13. Ubiquitous Crustacean This crustacean,first discovered in 1905, inhabits oceans from South Africa all the way to Japan. It is often found in shallow waters and prefers sandy seabeds littered with broken shells and dead coral.
- 14. Pelagic Sea Hare Thiscolorful sea slug was first discovered in 1825 off the coast of New Guinea by French naturalists. The Stylocheilus longicauda lives in warm waters amidst brown algae and rarely ventures close to shore.
- 15. Now imagine youare one of these sea creatures, or one from your own imagination. Write a paragraph or poem about how you spend your days and nights. Try to use plenty of adjectives to describe yourself and your underwater habitat.