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(#13) The Tasseled Anglerfish Lures Its Prey By Dressing Up As Tackle
Well here’s one way to bait a victim - by dressing up as tackle itself. The notorious tasseled anglerfish uses this tactic to capture its prey and things are going swimmingly. Even his name is a play on fishing. The term angler refers to a rod casting fisherman.
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(#4) Southern Pygmy Leatherjackets Change Color When They Fall In Love
Southern pygmy leatherjackets are certainly full of surprises. Not only do they have the ability to puff up in order to intimidate fellow ocean dwellers, but they also have a unique color changing quality. They are known to switch colors during courtship. How romantic.
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(#19) Oyster toadfish
- Opsanus tau
Standing in stark contrast to the fish who uses camouflage to steal babies is the beautifully named oyster toadfish. who blends in with his environment in order to protect his young. This fish is one of the few omnivores that morphs in the sea.
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(#17) Flounder
Of all the crazy ocean morphers on the list, the flounder’s reasoning for transforming is probably the most sound. In a sea filled with sharks, this guy had to be a flounder. Fortunately, he’s flat enough to become one with the ocean floor and talented enough to morph into something that isn’t dinner.
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(#14) Tapetails Are The Caterpillars Of The Sea
Imagine what would happen if scientists thought caterpillars and butterflies were two entirely different insects. Such was the case for the tapetail, a fish that undergoes a similar process. As it turns out, this deep sea fish was accidentally counted three times as a result of morphing into different looking fish.
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(#9) Cuttlefish
- Sepiida
The cuttlefish is one of the most notorious masters of disguise in all of the sea. His innate ability to shapeshift, texture switch, and color coordinate according to the background makes him able to adapt to, and hunt in, otherwise harsh environments. He could, at any given moment, be described as sea creature, plant life or mineral depending on how he is dressed.
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Humans' awe and exploration of the ocean have always existed. But at present, the depth of oceans and sea creatures we can know is limited, but with the development of science and technology, the ocean will bring us surprises. Except for magicians, there are many sea creatures who are masters of transformation, countless sea creatures have evolved extraordinary and incredible transformation skills to adapt to the dangerous deep sea.
Here you could know 19 powerful and crazy sea creatures that can change their shape, color, and even size, which are necessary survival skills, some of the ancient species can survive in the ocean for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
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