There are more than 200 species of angler fish worldwide and this. There’s some real cryptid-ass shit deep in the darkness of the ocean, and this anglerfish with its dangly stalk and glass shard chompers is just a little note to make us remember of how much about we really don’t know about the watery world. Last Friday morning an incredible deep sea fish washed up on shore in Crystal Cove State Park’s Marine Protected Area (MPA). It’s almost has if the ocean itself has purged a demon from its very depths, just in a friendly reminder that there’s things lurking down there that is much more terrifying than sharks or jellyfish. You know who this is? It’s that damn freaky fish from Finding Nemo. A surfer found the ghoulish-looking, nearly 13-inch dead fish washed ashore last Friday and alerted lifeguards, who in turn notified scientists, said David Huff, a marine safety sergeant with the. The footballfish is part of the anglerfish population – of which there are something fucked like 200 species – and typically live in the pitch darkness of the deep ocean, luring prey in with bioluminescent tips at the end of the stalk coming from its head. The creature was a Pacific footballfish, a type of deep-sea anglerfish made famous in ‘Finding Nemo’ that has a little bioluminescent light on top of its head that acts as a lure. Frisbee this damned disc back where it came from, or so help me. Imagine you’re having a chill Friday arvo and suddenly you see this oceanic demon with all its many sharp teeth just flopped on the sand.
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