Oceanic Nightmares (28 pics)

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"Great Lakes shipwrecks. For some reason, they are creepier when they are more perfectly preserved. So friggin cool but also scares me"

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"The plastic patch"

4

"Are we just not going to talk about a telescope fish"

5

"The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico"

6

"Goblin Shark. Thing looks scary as hell and its jaw [jumps out and attacks]"

7

"The Lamprey is downright creepy AF!"

8

"The tongue-eating louse. A parasite that eats the tongues of fish and then just hangs out in their mouths."

9

"I'd sh#t myself if I happened upon a spider crab"

10

"Caves in icebergs that constantly change while you are inside them"

11

"For me personally, ANY Anglerfish. Black Seadevil Anglerfish"

12

"Nah. The scariest thing to me is falling into a shoal of Humboldt squid. They hunt in packs (and can easily just think ooh human=food) and wrap their powerful arms (with 100-200 hooked suckers) around their prey and then bite down with this bone-crunching beak They grow to about 2.2m and 50kgs. And the worst part is that squid don't really care or seem to notice if the prey is still alive. And adult humans are usually too much to fill a squid stomach. Imagine getting a leg eaten off and then released only to descend lower and either have the process repeat with another squid or to slowly drift downward into the abyss Oh yea I guess you just drown at that point. But imagine you got gear or something. Terrifying. The Humboldt Squid is sometimes called the Red Devil. Nah. The scariest thing to me is falling into a shoal of Humboldt squid. They hunt in packs (and can easily just think ooh human=food) and wrap their powerful arms (with 100-200 hooked suckers) around their prey and then bite down with this bone-crunching beak They grow to about 2.2m and 50kgs. And the worst part is that squid don't really care or seem to notice if the prey is still alive. And adult humans are usually too much to fill a squid stomach. Imagine getting a leg eaten off and then released only to descend lower and either have the process repeat with another squid or to slowly drift downward into the abyss Oh yea I guess you just drown at that point. But imagine you got gear or something. Terrifying. The Humboldt Squid is sometimes called the Red Devil."

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"Siphonophores. Not individual organisms but colonies. by their 'design' no two will look *exactly* alike, some are quite gorgeous, but others look like an artist render of Yog-SothothSiphonophores. Not individual organisms but colonies. by their 'design' no two will look *exactly* alike, some are quite gorgeous, but others look like an artist render of Yog-Sothoth"

14

""The frilled shark” discovered in Awashima, Japan. It inspired the second form of Shin Godzilla, which is also pretty unsettling."

15

"Not the biggest or maybe scariest, but I'd argue the - Cookie cutter shark. Is the most ghoulish and depraved - using razor sharpe circular teeth to bore a gaping hole in its victim. Like something from a SAW movie."

16

"Giant sea spider in Antarctic waters Polar gigantism is a hell of a thing"

17

"Phantom jellyfish I think are harmless, but they look terrifying and occupy a lot of space"

18

"Vampire squid"

19

"This MF has always fascinated/freaked me out. The Barreleye fish"

20

"Magnapinna squid. This thing is wild. Caught on camera at a drilling site."

21

"Mantis shrimp. We're so freaking lucky these things don't get very big."

22

"Googly eyed stubby squid. You’re welcome for the nightmares"

23

"Bobbit worms. They look like something out of a hell dimension, they range from 4 inches to 10 FEET long, and their jaws are so powerful that they can snap fish in half."

24

"The irukandji jelly fish. It’s tiny (1-2 cm in diameter) but is extremely venomous and can even be lethal. The worst part is that you don’t feel an extremely painful wound at first. It’s about 10-40 minutes AFTER they sting you that you start feeling anything. A tiny jellyfish small enough not to see it and land you in the hospital with the possibility of death? No thank you. Some of the symptoms: back pain, diffuse muscle cramping, nausea, vomiting, profuse diaphoresis, headache, anxiety, agitation, nausea, vomiting, and piloerection"

25

"Hands down Sea Lampreys. These creatures haunt me. They are the most horrific thing I've ever seen"

26

"Marine biologist Bill Austin has suggested it is likely a comb jelly (ctenophore)."

27

"I submit for your viewing pleasure, or horror, The gulper eel"