The most terrible monsters from the lakes (11 photos). Scary photos of mutants and strange creatures The scariest monsters in the world are real
Mankind is trying with all its might to know the solar system, and then the entire universe. It seems to people that somewhere there are the most important secrets and riddles that must be unraveled without fail. But how much do we know about our own planet? She is still able to surprise not only ordinary people, but also famous scientists, presenting various surprises. After all, stories appear every now and then, where monsters unknown to science appear, terrifying and awe of the entire population of the planet. They seem to have entered our world from another reality. But is it really so? What is it, the animal world of our planet? And is there a place for various monsters in it?
The real monsters of the world - who are they?
Human civilization has populated the planet so densely that it has forced out many representatives of the animal world to the most remote corners of the Earth. Some of them simply disappeared from the face of the planet, while others are threatened with extinction. Animal rights activists are doing their best to preserve rare species of animals, but monsters that mankind has been talking about for many centuries do not appear in any official list.
If you carefully study all the eyewitness accounts, you may get the impression that monster animals have always existed. They were seen by people of different professions and social status, and each such meeting was accompanied by fear from contact with something unknown. Only at the end of the nineteenth century, scientists began to take evidence of encounters with monsters seriously and even tried to take photos and videos of these extraordinary creatures. Every documented evidence of the existence of monsters issued to the society was carefully studied, but most often it was classified as a falsification. Until now, the scientific world has not been able to get real confirmation of the fact that we do not know everything about the creatures that live on the planet. But this does not bother adventurers who are ready to spend a lot of time on expeditions to take one good shot and give the world the truth.
Monster classification
The most famous monsters in the world have long had their own classification. Seekers of the unknown have divided them into the following three categories:
- underwater;
- ground;
- anthropoid.
Of course, these categories are very conditional, but they still give some idea of how the most terrible monsters of the world look and where they live. We have collected information about those monsters that were noticed by people and repeatedly invaded their usual lives. You should start with underwater creatures, which are considered the most common.
Over the past century, enough references have accumulated about various pangolins that live in lakes. Characteristic is the fact that they are found only in freshwater reservoirs. But experts say that pangolins will feel great in sea water.
Mentions of underwater lizards are found among different peoples. Scots, Yakuts, Canadians, Kazakhs and Chinese have similar evidence. This suggests that the legend of the monsters living in the lakes has a real basis.
Scientists, after analyzing the sketches of monsters and video footage provided by eyewitnesses, came to the conclusion that they can be attributed to the last dinosaurs on Earth. They resemble ancient plesiosaurs, which lived in large numbers in the waters of our planet. These creatures had a long, elongated body with small limbs in the form of flippers and a small head. The neck of such lizards was similar in length to the body of a monster.
This structure of the monster explains why many eyewitnesses called him a snake. After all, the body and head of the monster usually appear on the surface, really resembling a huge snake.
Loch Ness Monster
If you are interested in the most famous monsters, then you have probably heard of the Scottish Loch Ness. The monster that lives in its waters is known to the whole world. The lake itself is quite picturesque, it has a depth of more than two hundred meters and is the largest in the UK.
The Loch Ness monster was discovered at the beginning of the last century. Then it alarmed the company resting on the shore, leaning out of the water. From that moment on, crowds of adventurers rushed to the lake, dreaming of capturing a mysterious monster.
Four years later, Wilson managed to photograph the monster, and these photographs alarmed the public. They were published in all newspapers and magazines, and the scientific community tried to explain the presence of a strange creature in the waters of the lake. Almost thirty years later, the Loch Ness monster fell into the lens of a movie camera, where it was clear how fast it moves under water.
A little later, another video of the monster hit all the major TV channels in Britain, and the people again rushed to Scotland in search of a sensation. Over the past hundred years, more than four thousand people have claimed to have seen the Nessie monster (as the Scots affectionately call it) with their own eyes.
Scientists believe that the monster is quite harmless and lives in a pond with his large family. According to the official version, it got into the lake as a result of the movement of tectonic plates and could not get out of the trap. During their existence, many generations of monsters have adapted to the changed habitat and food.
Lake Champlain - fellow Nessie
In Canada, there is the famous Lake Champlain, which has added to the list of places where the famous monsters of the world live. At the end of the nineteenth century, information appeared that the sheriff saw a fifty-meter snake with humps on its back in the waters of the lake. This testimony only confirmed the numerous words of eyewitnesses that have accumulated since the beginning of the seventeenth century in large numbers.
The monster was named Champ, it appeared annually on the surface of the reservoir, allowing people to record new details about themselves. Thanks to this, it turned out that the monster has dark skin, a very large body and an elongated head with bumps and growths.
Scientists could not ignore such a large amount of information about the monster, and in the seventies of the last century an initiative group was formed to study Champa. Seven years later, one of the local residents managed to photograph the monster, and the authenticity of the picture was proven in the laboratories of the Smithsonian Institute. Thanks to the availability of special technologies, scientists suggested the size of the animal, which seemed simply incredible - from five to seventeen meters.
Twelve years ago, a fisherman managed to capture the monster on video, and FBI analysts proved the authenticity of the recording. Now scientists from all over the world are trying to figure out which class of the animal kingdom Champa can be attributed to.
Ogopogo is Canada's most famous "resident"
Scientists believe that if underwater monsters can live anywhere, then it is in Canada. Numerous lakes on the territory of this country were once formed as a result of the movement of tectonic plates, and it is quite possible that some ancient monsters could remain in these reservoirs. The most famous Canadian pangolin is Ogopogo from Okanagan Lake.
This monster, according to eyewitnesses, resembles Nessie and Champa - the same long body with fins and a small head. The Indians said that one day a monster capsized their leader's boat and destroyed him. Since that time, the tribes have tried to negotiate with Ogopogo, sacrificing animals to him and refusing to fish in some parts of the lake.
It is worth noting that this monster was seen quite often. Especially numerous are the testimonies of eyewitnesses who crossed the lake by ferry at the beginning of the twentieth century. During this period, the monster constantly rose to the surface, and more than two hundred people spoke about it. At the end of the last century, video filming appeared, where a monster is clearly visible swimming under water. Until now, information about the next appearance of a monster periodically comes from the shores of the lake, but science cannot provide a justification for its existence.
Lake monsters: how many are there?
Today, the scientific world knows about seven lakes located in different parts of the world, where various monsters live. Three lakes belong to Ireland, where locals often see underwater monsters. For example, in Loch Ree, a large animal of an unknown species was seen even by three priests in the middle of the last century. Scientists took their testimonies seriously and at the beginning of the 2000s they assembled a real expedition to the shores of an ancient reservoir. But, unfortunately, they failed to capture the monster.
In our country, Lake Labynkyr in Yakutia became the home for the monster. There have always been legends among the locals about an extraordinary creature that lives in the depths of the lake and, in the rarest cases, looks out to the surface. In the nineteenth century, eyewitnesses called it the Labynkyr Devil, but so far no one has been able to photograph the creature.
Long-horned sabertooth - the most terrifying monster of the deep sea
In addition to monsters unknown to science, there are those that have long been studied. For example, in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, there is a saber-toothed fish, the appearance of which can terrify any inhabitant of the planet.
Usually this monster does not grow in length more than forty centimeters, but has a dark color and a very menacing appearance. The fact is that huge fangs grow in the mouth of the fish, which do not even allow an adult to fully close its jaws. Scientists have found that the brain of this fish has two pockets that contain the tips of the fangs. This predator lives at a depth of more than five hundred meters, met him at more significant depths - he feels quite comfortable, having descended to five thousand meters.
It should be noted that this predator is very vulnerable to large fish. They eat it with pleasure, so the sabertooth prefers to hide in the water column and hunt only small fish.
Bigfoot - fact or fiction?
Yeti (as Bigfoot is also called) is a humanoid creature covered with wool and living in the mountainous regions of the planet. The Yeti is especially common in North America. The tribes of local Indians know a lot of legends about creatures of unprecedented power that lived high in the mountains and tried to avoid human eyes.
Eyewitnesses claim to have even seen entire families of Bigfoot, which allows us to draw conclusions about the abundance of this species. But, unfortunately, science has not yet received documentary evidence of the existence of these monsters.
In the middle of the last century, a short film was shot, where an unusual creature moving through the forest fell into the lens of a video camera. Specialists carefully studied the film and remained in deep doubts about its authenticity. To date, no one has been able to photograph the yeti or find its remains.
A vampire monster that lives in South America
Puerto Ricans scare naughty children with stories about the Chupacabra. It is believed that this monster lives near human settlements and destroys livestock. Chupacabra usually steals goats and drinks all the blood from them, which is the basis of his daily diet. Sometimes the monster completely tears its prey apart, but does not eat it. Locals claim that the Chupacabra feeds on the blood of rabbits, chickens, and can even steal a child.
It has not yet been possible to film the Chupacabra with a camera or video camera, but eyewitnesses describe it as a large creature with large claws and fangs. Absolutely everyone notes the huge and luminous eyes of the monster, with which he sees perfectly in the dark.
Residents of South America believe that this monster was the result of secret experiments by the US military. But the United States is in no hurry to confirm or deny this fact.
Sculpture monsters
The most famous monsters in the world can also be objects of art. In many European cities, various sculptural groups depicting devils and monsters have been installed. Some of them are historical monuments.
All the inhabitants of the planet know the monsters at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. These terrifying chimeras sit on the facade of the building and are winged creatures with bared snouts and fangs. Parisians consider these monsters one of the most striking symbols of the city. According to some polls, they are more popular than the Eiffel Tower.
In Norway, in the city of Torheim, a cathedral was built, which with its sculptures resembles the Parisian "brother". Its facade is covered with images of various evil spirits; according to legend, it was supposed to scare away real evil spirits. Tourists say that many of the figures on the cathedral look extremely ominous.
In Brest, on Gogol Street, there is a sculpture of the devil. This unclean spirit is made extremely believable and is a symbol of the city, attracting crowds of tourists here.
Mankind has always lived side by side with various monsters. Some of them are dangerous to people, while others have done nothing wrong to them, but still strike terror into the hearts of one of their kind. Scientists are trying to catch monsters in order to finally get proof of their existence and study them as a new species of representatives of the animal world. However, the monsters are not in a hurry to become a world sensation, they continue to lead their solitary lifestyle, established for thousands of years.
The human imagination, especially in nightmares, can generate images of terrible monsters. They come from the darkness and inspire inexplicable fear. For the entire multi-thousand-year history of existence, mankind believed in a fairly large number of such monsters, whose names they tried not to even pronounce, since they personified universal evil.
Often Yovi is compared with the more famous Bigfoot, but he is credited with Australian origin. According to legend, Yovi lived exclusively in the Blue Mountains, a mountainous region located to the west of Sydney. The image of this monster appeared in the folklore of the natives to scare away European immigrants and settlers, although there is evidence that the myth has a longer history. There have been people who have spoken of meeting this creature, which is considered an "evil spirit", although there is no official confirmation of Yovi attacking people. It is said that when meeting a human, Yovi stops and stares intently, and then disappears into the dense forest.
During the era of colonial wars, many myths appeared or found new life in different parts of the world. For example, in the regions of South America, they began to talk about the existence of giant anacondas. These snakes reach a length of up to 5 m, and their body, in comparison with ordinary anacondas, is much more massive. Fortunately, no one has yet encountered such a snake, either alive or dead.
If you delve into the mythology of the Slavs, you can believe in the existence of such a creature as a brownie. This is a small bearded man who can live in a pet or even move into a person. They say that in every house there lives a brownie, who is responsible for the atmosphere in it: if there is order and harmony in the house, then the brownie is kind, if they often swear in the house, then the brownie is evil. An evil brownie is capable of causing constant accidents that make life unbearable.
With the head of a crocodile and the face of a dog, with a ponytail and fins, with large fangs, the Bunyip is a fairly large monster that is said to live in swamps and other parts of Australia. His name comes from the word "devil", but many other qualities are attributed to him. Most often, this monster was talked about in the 19th century, and today it is believed that the creature still exists and lives on parity with the locals. Most of all, the natives believe in this.
The creature Bigfoot is known to everyone. This is a large creature that lives in different parts of the USA. He is very tall, his body is covered with black or brown hair. They say that when meeting with him, a person becomes numb in the truest sense of the word, being under the influence of hypnosis. There were people who testified about cases when Bigfoot took people with him into the forest and kept them in his lair for a long time. True or not, the image of Bigfoot instills fear in many.
Jikininki is a special creature born from Japanese folklore. In the past, it was a man who, after death, transformed into a terrible monster. Many believe that this is a ghost that feeds on human flesh, so people who believe in this deliberately avoid visiting cemeteries. In Japan, it is believed that if a person is very greedy during life, after death he turns into jikininki as a punishment and experiences the eternal hunger of carrion. Outwardly, the jikininki is similar to a person, but with a disproportionate body, with large luminous eyes.
This creature has Tibetan roots. Researchers believe that the yeti crossed into Nepal in the footsteps of Sherpa migrants, emigrants from Tibet. They say that he wanders around the neighborhood, sometimes throwing huge stones and whistling terribly. Yeti walks on two legs, his body is covered with light hair, and in his mouth are dog fangs. Both ordinary people and researchers claim to have met this creature in reality. Rumor has it that it penetrates into our world from the other world.
Chupacabra is a fairly small creature, but capable of causing a lot of problems. This monster was first talked about in Puerto Rico, and later in other parts of South and North America. "Chupakabra" in translation means "sucking the blood of goats." The creature received this name as a result of a large number of unexplained deaths of livestock of the local population. Animals died from blood loss, through bites on the neck. The Chupacabra has also been seen in Chile. Basically, all evidence of the existence of the monster is oral, there is neither a body nor a photograph of it. Nobody managed to catch the monster alive either, but it is very popular all over the world.
Between 1764 and 1767, France lived in great fear because of the werewolf, either the wolf or the dog. They say that during the period of its existence, the monster made 210 attacks on people, of which he killed 113. Nobody wanted to meet him. The monster was even officially hunted by King Louis XV. Many professional hunters tracked down the beast for the purpose of killing, but their attempts were in vain. As a result, a local hunter killed him with a charmed bullet. Human remains were found in the belly of the beast.
In the mythology of the American Indians, there was a bloodthirsty creature Wendigo, a product of curses. The fact is that in the myths of the Algonquian tribes it was stated that if during life a person was a cannibal and ate human meat, then after death he turns into a Wendigo. They also said that he can move into any person, taking possession of his soul. A wendigo is three times taller than a human, its skin is decomposing and its bones are protruding. This creature is constantly hungry and craves human flesh.
The Sumerians, representatives of an ancient but fairly developed civilization, created their own epic, in which they talked about gods, goddesses and their daily lives. One of the most popular epics was the Epic of Gilgamesh and stories about the creature Gugalanna. This creature, in search of the king, killed a large number of people, destroyed cities. Gugalanna is a bull-like monster that the gods used as a weapon of revenge on people.
Like vampires, this creature has a constant thirst for blood. It also devours human hearts and has the ability to detach its upper body and enter people's homes, especially homes where pregnant women live, to drink their blood and steal the baby with its long tongue. But this creature is mortal and can be killed by sprinkling salt.
Black Annis, as the embodiment of evil, is known to everyone in Britain, especially in rural areas. She is the main character of the local folklore of the 19th century. Annis has blue skin and a scary smile. Children had to avoid meeting her, as she fed on children and sheep, which she took from houses and yards by deceit or force. From the skin of children and sheep, Annis made belts, which she then wore by the dozens.
The scariest of the scariest, the Dybbuk is the protagonist of Jewish mythology. This evil spirit is considered the most cruel. He is able to destroy the life of anyone and destroy the soul, while the person will not be aware of what is happening to him and gradually die.
"The Tale of Koshchei the Immortal" belongs to the mythology and folklore of the Slavs and tells about a creature that cannot be killed, but which spoils the life of everyone. But he has a weak point - his soul, which is at the end of the needle, which is hidden in the egg, which is inside the duck, which sits inside the hare. The hare sits in a strong chest on top of the tallest oak growing on the fabulous island. In a word, it is difficult to call a trip to this island pleasant.
How often does a person wake up in a cold sweat because he is tormented by another nightmare? What will it be: a terrible monster or an element, groundless fear or horror frozen on the fangs of a werewolf?
Some researchers seriously believe that mythology is an attempt by a person to explain certain anomalies in the world around him, plunging him into shock and awe.
Oddly enough, it is precisely such legends that give rise to the most terrible monsters, chilling the blood and forcing you to pray for a saving grace. Who are these creatures, generated by the inflamed brain of a reasonable person?
Koschei the Deathless
It is hardly possible to call Koshchei a monster in the usual sense of the word.
To some extent, he is good-natured or simple, so you can decide based on folk tales and oral traditions.
However, he, as well as several other images in world mythology, can be considered the first ancestor of the revived dead.
The monster walks, talks, handles a horse and even eats, despite the fact that an empty abdominal cavity is visible through the holes in his black cloak.
The most terrible monsters are generated by human misunderstanding.
How can a living corpse exist? But, more importantly, how can it be destroyed?
Today it is a compilation of images, among which there is a place for the semi-legendary Fenrir, who is able to swallow the Moon and the Sun, who became the father of all wolves, and even the Italian wolf, a real-life monster that terrorized the city of Gubbio.
What makes a person afraid of a werewolf? What pushes you to run without looking back from the wolf howl? Maybe the fear that the beast will spread into the same person?
It is not known which people gave rise to the legends about werewolves.
However, it is in the legends of the Scandinavians that these animals are given the most honorable place.
Wolves sit at the throne of Odin, the son of Loki, Fenrir, is the harbinger of Ragnarok, and the god of warriors Thor considered it an honor to fight such a monster.
To date, the legends about these monsters have been significantly romanticized, films and literature have turned werewolves into courageous heroes, while real monsters are only interested in bloodlust.
One has only to imagine how such a monster overtakes an unlucky traveler at a late hour, and home comfort becomes a lifeline in a cruel world.
Yakumama ("Water Mother")
Under the quiet rustle of the wind, the natives, passing each other an open bottle, are in no hurry to start a conversation about Yakumama, the legendary snake.
The anaconda queen, the "Mother of Water" and the ancestor of all the snakes of South America, has become a real monster in the mythology of the local peoples.
The width of the head of such a leviathan is 1.8 meters, the length of the body reaches 50 m.
According to legend, crawling through the numerous "daughters" of the Amazon, Yakumama changes their course of flow, breaks trees and knocks down boats with explosive jets of water from his mouth.
It is noteworthy that the largest recorded length of the anaconda was 9 meters with a weight of 130 kilograms. The monster was so strong that it took a long time to catch the snake.
What then is the power of such a creature as Yakumama?
What could be more attractive and more terrible than a woman?
The image of the mother comfortably coexists with the seductress and the murderer, such a duality is shown especially clearly in Japanese mythology. In it, the most terrible monsters are not visible behind a human appearance.
Numerous creatures and akuma (evil spirits) hide their ugliness behind external beauty.
Kumo appears before the unlucky traveler in the form of a beautiful girl, but when a man comes closer, he wraps his web around him.
Before the face of the victim, the creature appears in its terrible guise of a huge spider.
Vampires could be included in this category, however, thanks to the same world of cinema, Count Dracula ceased to scare and repel people, becoming a hero for teenage girls who desired eternal life.
Most often, this monster is portrayed as an extremely unpleasant outwardly woman, crying or moaning, luring gullible passers-by to her.
It is widespread in the mythology of the Philippines, where it plays the role of the main antagonist. The creature is able to grow wings, and its favorite dish is the heart of an unborn baby, sucked out of the mother's womb with a long proboscis that replaces the monster's tongue.
Strigoi
The image that came to Romanian mythology from Ancient Dacia, formed according to one source in 82 BC.
Nobody knows exactly what, or who, the strigoi are. They are like vampires because they feed on blood, but if the same count is able to wipe the corner of his mouth with a silk scarf after a meal, then the strigoi hides the sharpest fangs and is forced to mask the wide mark from the noose around his neck.
The fact is that only a hanged man can spread into a strigoi, although this feature does not appear in all legends.
Thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, the image of the kraken has become much more popular, although it originally belonged to Scandinavian mythology.
The Normans believed that during a storm it was sinking ships, pulling them to the bottom with huge tentacles.
This monster is truly huge and is even able to pretend to be an island, luring closer the unlucky traveler on the ship.
The creature is able to digest food for up to 3 months, constantly luring schools of fish to itself, which feed on the remnants of the meal and the creature's excrement.
As you can see, the most terrible monsters are by no means real-life animals, and a person’s fantasy, sometimes true, sometimes not. In this case, shouldn't humanity be afraid of themselves?
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A creature with supernatural powers and the ability to exert physical or psychological dominance is called a monster. The many legends about monsters that exist make you wonder if monsters really exist or are they just a fictional character that has no place in the real world.
In mythology, descriptions of various monsters are quite common: cyclops (one-eyed giants), minotaurs (a monster with a human body and a bull's head), the Lernean hydra (a snake-like monster capable of killing with one breath), leviathan (a many-headed monster that lives in the seas) and many others .
The modern concept of monsters has been slightly changed, they include not only fairy-tale characters, but also various animals that have undergone a mutation, as a result of which they have significantly changed their appearance and acquired additional abilities. One such example would be the Loch Ness monster, anatomical features that are similar to certain types of fossil reptiles, such as plesiosaurs. Cryptozoologists claim that this monster lives in our time, its study was especially popular in 1933, at that time there were even photographs, but their reality has not yet been proven.
Another striking example of a modern monster can be Bigfoot, although its existence has not yet been confirmed, many travelers claim to have met him during their trips.
In fact, monsters may exist even now, but most often they are called mutating animals, for example, after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the outskirts of the city of Pripyat, you can meet such animals, when looking at which only one word will spin in your head - “monster”.
Do demons exist in real life?
According to the Bible, demons are fallen angels with no place left in heaven. According to legends, demons are servants of the devil and carry out his evil plans.
Demons are considered to be spiritual beings, so many people wonder: do demons exist or are they just a fantasy of people who are overly carried away by religion? It is quite difficult to believe in what you cannot see or what you cannot touch with your hand, but in fact, in every person there is faith in these creatures, it manifests itself in their secrecy.
In ancient times, there was a superstition that demons constantly crawl on the ground and, biting through the shoes of those walking, inject disease-causing “fluids” into the legs, which, after coming home, can negatively affect others. That is why people have developed the habit of changing into "home" shoes, which persists in modern society.
Another example is the swaddling of children, this custom originated a long time ago in those countries where the dead were wrapped in cloth. Superstitious people believed that by swaddling a child, they would deceive the demon and he would not want to harm a dead child.
Regardless of whether you believe in demons or not, it is best not to mess with them and not get involved in various rituals aimed at communicating with them. Do not forget that these are real spiritual beings whose main goal is the death of a person. That is why you should avoid communicating with various sorcerers and fortune-tellers, because no one knows in advance which side they are on, good or evil.
Did you know that terrible creatures live at the bottom of the ocean? The truth is that we know more about our universe than we do about the oceans on our own planet. In fact, even to this day, we are discovering new creatures lurking in the depths where no sunlight even penetrates. To be honest, some of these deep sea dwellers are pretty creepy. Here are 25 scariest sea monsters you didn't know about!
25. Tongue Eating Crustacean
We'll start small. This terrible creature penetrates the fish through the gills, eats its tongue, and then sticks to the place where it used to be.
24. Chimera
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The Rat Fish or Ghost Fish, the Chimera is known as one of the most ancient fish in existence today. They live very deep, in the dark, so the appearance of this monster is sure to be reflected in your nightmares. Just look at that face!
23. Corrugated Shark
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With a triple row of sharp teeth, this deep sea shark can wreak havoc on anything it catches. Plus, she just looks creepy.
22. Terrible Claw Lobster
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This lobster, discovered in 2007 off the coast of the Philippines, was named very accurately. Look at those claws! This guy could cut you into pieces like a cheese.
21. Water Bear
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While most of the creatures on our list are quite large, these are quite tiny. Even... microscopic! What is strange about them is their durability. They can survive in almost any temperature and can also live without water for more than ten years!
20. Mola Mola
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Also known as Sunfish or Moonfish, sounds good, doesn't it? But, think again, because she weighs over 900 kg! And while the fish won't attack you (it feeds on jellyfish), it can be quite intimidating when you see the fish with the heaviest bones coming towards you!
19. Giant squid
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These monsters can grow up to 18 meters in length. And their eyes are as big as beach balls! And yes, their food habits are as bad as you can imagine. They grab their prey with their tentacles and then stuff it into their beak. The squid then crushes it with its tooth-covered tongue before the food enters the esophagus. It is very similar to a meat grinder.
18. Pelagic bigmouth shark
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Discovered in 1976, this huge shark attracts plankton with the light it emits from its mouth. Don't swim into the light!
17. Galper eel
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Given that these marine creatures live at depths of thousands of meters, little is known about them. But, we know for sure that the huge jaws of the fish allow it to swallow prey as large as itself.
16 Goblin Shark
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Just one look at this shark will make most of us shudder. What's more, the mouths of the truly terrifying creatures seem to detach during the hunt in order to grab their prey more quickly.
15. Grenadier
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Although the Grenadier looks a little strange, the disgusting factor is not always commensurate with appearance. This deep sea fish emits a terrible odor due to its high levels of trimethylamine oxide.
14. Pike blenny
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Although this fish is practically harmless to humans, when the dog is in danger, it opens its huge mouth to scare off predators. Whether you're human or not, one look at this would make you get the hell out of there as soon as possible.
13 Giant Isopod
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Found at depths of nearly 2,000 meters, these scavengers can grow up to 3 meters or more in length. Moreover, they existed even before the dinosaurs. How? They know how to survive. For four years, these creatures can go without food. Even if they won't eat you, just imagine that you stumble upon such a creature in the depths of the sea. In fact, this is just a sea cockroach, which is larger than a person in size. And we are afraid of cockroaches when they are only a few centimeters in length ....
12. Fanged fish
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These bad guys live at a depth of 5000 meters. Here, the water pressure can crush a person. If you don't get squashed, get ready to be mashed to a pulp by your horrible teeth. In fact, this aptly named underwater monster boasts the largest teeth relative to its body size of any fish.
11. Crooked Tooth Fish
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This creepy fish has hooked teeth that help it catch its prey. In addition, she lives at incredible depths where sunlight does not penetrate. So if you ever happen to see this terrifying creature, its glowing skin and nightmarish teeth are likely to leave you with terrible memories!
10. Black Dragonfish
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With razor-sharp teeth, this alien-like fish lives deep in the ocean and generates its own light.
9 Giant Spider Crab
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Sometimes we are just afraid of size. Having descended to a depth of 300 meters, you will find the largest crab on Earth. It can reach 4 meters!
8 Pacific Snakefish
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Living miles below the surface of the ocean, these creatures boast teeth so big they can't even close their mouths.
7. Squid is a vampire
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Its name, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, literally translates to "vampire squid from hell". Why? This underwater squid lives underwater where no sunlight can penetrate, and if you attack it, the squid will turn inside out, exposing dozens of thorny spines. What could be worse? Imagine if a person did this...
6. Drop fish
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While this creature won't hurt you, it can make you want to go deep sea diving. The blobfish has even been called "the ugliest creature" and looking at this photo, it becomes clear why. She is so disgusting that it becomes scary!
5. Johnson Melanocete (Humpback Monkfish)
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This deep-sea monster lures its prey with a glowing stick that protrudes from its head.
4. Grimpoteuthys (Octopus Dumbo)
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While they may look quite cute, these guys are known for wrapping their prey in frill-like "hands" before they eat it.
3. Eye-like-a-barrel fish (Ghost fish)
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This completely crazy-looking deep-sea creature has a transparent head, allowing the fish to look up with its barrel-like eyes. Imagine that while you are swimming in the depths of the ocean, a transparent head with two disgusting eyes inside approaches you. Although this fish will not eat you, its disgusting appearance is enough to regret this meeting.
2. Stargazer fish
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They burrow into the ocean floor, exposing their bulging eyes-balls. When an unfortunate fish swims up, they ... eat it.
1. Black Liver
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Possibly the scariest creature on our list, this fish can swallow prey more than twice its size and 10 times its weight.