12 Scariest Sea Monsters Still Alive Today

From deep sea creatures with no face to fearsome predators of the deep, here are 12 of the scariest sea monsters alive today! Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 12. Bull Shark Named for their short, blunt snouts, bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are found in coastal waters throughout the world, typically living near highly populated coastlines. Because they like the same areas we do, we are more likely to encounter them than other species. They are also known for being aggressive, territorial, and can survive for long periods in brackish and freshwater. 11. Box Jellyfish There is nothing scarier than swimming around, unable to see what’s beneath you. And feeling a searing pain out of the blue while you’re in the water is never good. Box jellyfish are practically see-through so it’s hard to see them coming and they rank among the world’s most venomous creatures. 10. Deepsea Lizardfish In 2017, a scientific research team accidentally pulled up a rarely-seen Bathysaurus ferox, more commonly known as a deepsea lizardfish, up from 6,900 feet (2,103 meters) below the ocean’s surface near eastern Australia. This fish grows up to two feet (61 cm) long. Typically found at depths between 3,000 and 8,000 feet (914-2,438 meters), it’s the world’s deepest-dwelling superpredator 9. Southern Sunfish The world’s heaviest bony fish ever captured was a southern sunfish (Mola alexandrini) measuring 8.9 feet (2.7 meters) long and weighing 5,070 pounds (2,300 kg). Caught off the Japanese coast in 1996, the previously unknown creature was originally misidentified as a better-known sunfish species, the Mola mola. 8. Faceless Fish After not being seen in over 100 years, scientists rediscovered a “faceless” deep-sea fish in the waters off Sydney, Australia in 2017. The creature was last spotted in 1873, when a British ship dredged one up near Papua New Guinea. This thing is almost like a tortured soul from Greek mythology. 7. Bucktoothed Ghost Shark When the bucktoothed ghost shark (Hydrolagus erithacus) was discovered in 2017 near South Africa, it became the 50th described ghost shark species. It’s the second-largest such species ever discovered, measuring around three feet (1 meter) long. 6. Giant Shipworm In April 2017, an international team of marine biologists published a study describing Kuphus polythalamia, the giant mud-dwelling shipworm, based on five live specimens collected in a shallow lagoon in the Philippines. The little-observed bivalve is huge, reaching up to five feet (1.55 meters) long and 2.4 inches (6 cm) in diameter. 5. Anglerfish These fish can be extremely creepy, especially when spotted emerging from the darkness. There are over 200 anglerfish species, that vary greatly in size, with some of the larger species growing up to 3.3 feet (1 meter) long, although most anglerfish are much smaller -- less than a foot (30.5 cm), according to National Geographic. 4. Goblin Shark The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a pink-ish bottom-dwelling fish that typically lives along continental shelves and is most often spotted off the Japanese coast, although it’s rarely seen, period. It’s named after its strange, narrow snout, called a rostrum, and snaggly, fang-like teeth, giving it a resemblance to mythical goblins of Japanese folklore, and reaches up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) and 460 pounds (209 kg). 3. Vampire Squid The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) is named for its dark skin color and the cape-like skin connecting its arms, like dracula! It lives extremely deep in temperate and tropical oceans, where its surroundings are almost completely dark. 2. Stonefish With a reputation as the world’s most venomous fish, stonefish can administer enough poison to kill a human within an hour of being stung. This is pretty terrifying, considering how easy it is to accidentally step on one as it sits concealed on the ocean floor. 1. Whales Whales do not seem like terrible sea monsters but more like gentle giants. However, for hundreds of years people hunted whales practically to extinction and there are countless tales of whalers facing against evil monsters. Just look at Moby Dick. #deepseacreatures #oceanmonsters #prehistoriccreatures #originsexplained