All the under water sea creatures?

1. Which is the deepest sea creature?
2. How many underwater animals are there?
3. What's in the deep sea?
4. What is the biggest sea creature?
5. Is the Kraken real?
6. Is there a dragon fish?
7. What are sea creatures called?
8. Do mermaids exist?
9. How old is the ocean?
10. Are there giant deep sea creatures?
11. What is the smallest sea creature?
12. Who is big megalodon or blue whale?

Which is the deepest sea creature?

And it is the deepest fish ever caught. Scientists today formally documented the world's newest, deepest fish, Pseudoliparis swirei, an odd little snailfish caught at 7,966 meters in the Mariana Trench—nearly twice as far below the sea's surface as Wyoming's Grand Teton towers above it.

How many underwater animals are there?

Ocean Life

Scientists estimate that about one million species of animals live in the ocean.

What's in the deep sea?

The abyssal plain is the relatively level deep seafloor. It is a cold and dark place that lies between 3,000 and 6,000 meters below the sea surface. It is also home to squat lobsters, red prawns, and various species of sea cucumbers. For these creatures food is scarce most of the time.

What is the biggest sea creature?

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.

Is the Kraken real?

Although fictional and the subject of myth, the legend of the Kraken continues to the present day, with numerous references in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics.

Is there a dragon fish?

Dragonfish are found in warm Indo-Pacific waters. They are small (to about 16 centimetres [6 ¹/₂ inches] long), elongated fish encased in bony rings of armour. ... One of the best known dragonfish is Pegasus volitans, a blue-eyed, brown or deep-red fish found from India to Australia.

What are sea creatures called?

The term aquatic can be applied to animals that live in either fresh water or salt water. However, the adjective marine is most commonly used for animals that live in saltwater, i.e. in oceans, seas, etc.

Do mermaids exist?

Mermaids – underwater creatures that are half fish and half human – do not exist except in people's imaginations. Scientists who study the ocean for the United States have investigated their possible existence and say no evidence of mermaids has ever been found.

How old is the ocean?

The ocean formed billions of years ago.

Over vast periods of time, our primitive ocean formed. Water remained a gas until the Earth cooled below 212 degrees Fahrenheit . At this time, about 3.8 billion years ago, the water condensed into rain which filled the basins that we now know as our world ocean.

Are there giant deep sea creatures?

Examples of deep-sea gigantism include the big red jellyfish, the giant isopod, giant ostracod, the giant sea spider, the giant amphipod, the Japanese spider crab, the giant oarfish, the deepwater stingray, the seven-arm octopus, and a number of squid species: the colossal squid (up to 14 m in length), the giant squid ...

What is the smallest sea creature?

Zooplankton. Zooplankton may very well be the smallest type of animal in the ocean and encompass a variety of species, from single-celled protozoa to some jellyfish and crustaceans like krill.

Who is big megalodon or blue whale?

Megalodon vs.

When it comes to size, the blue whale dwarfs even the largest megalodon estimates. It's believed blue whales can reach a maximum length of 110 feet (34 meters) and weigh up to 200 tons (400,000 pounds!). That's more than twice the size of even the largest megalodon size estimates.