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- 2. While this sea creature is a bit rarer, many people know it as the "unicorn of the sea". Their long tusks are nerve-filled and help it sense its environment better.
- 6. Their scientific name is a tardigrade, and these microscopic animals cabs live in the Earth's most extreme condition, even boiling water!
- 7. This species of octopus can live up to 23,000 ft. below sea level. It uses its huge ears to propel through the depths of the ocean.
- 8. This monster-looking creature lives in the depths of the ocean. While females can grow up to 2 feet long, males can only grow up to three inches and die right after mating.
- 9. This crab-like creature looks like a bat but doesn't fly. It lives in the western Atlantic ocean. It can grow up to 3.9 inches in length and creeps across the ocean floor.
- 10. This soft-bodied deep-sea cephalopod lives up to 3,000 ft. below sea level in a remote area known as the "oxygen minimum zone".
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- 1. This round and large spotted fish is considered the largest living nonmammalian invertebrate on Earth. It can live up to 70 years.
- 3. This terrifying fish burrows in the sand- until he encounters his prey, that is. He electrocutes fish and crustaceans, right before swallowing them whole. They live around the Atlantic coast, from North Carolina, all the way up to New York,
- 4. While this prehistoric-looking shark looks a little too fossil-like, these creatures still roam the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with their floppy fins and puffed-up appearance.
- 5. This creature is known as the ocean sunfish, and it weighs an average of 2,200 pounds! They live in the deepest depths of the ocean.