19 Deep Sea Creatures That Legit Look Like Aliens, And I Am Never Going In The Ocean Again

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The ocean is probably one of the scariest places you can go exploring. As someone who is deathly afraid of the ocean, I can't even imagine what draws people toward it.

A man is holding onto his surfboard in the ocean while sharks are swimming around underneath him
A man is holding onto his surfboard in the ocean while sharks are swimming around underneath him

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There is a lot about the ocean that we have yet to discover. The deep sea is home to some of the strangest creatures. They look almost unreal. Here are the most unsettling pictures of these alien-like animals.

1.Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Rainbow mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus). New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea. Solomon sea.
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2.Ribbon Eel

Ribbon eel in Indonesia
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3.Frilled Shark

Frilled shark usually lives in waters of a depth of 600 meters and so it is very rare that this shark is found alive at sea-level
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4.Giant Isopod

Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) in the Zoo Zoologischer Garten, Aquarium in Berlin
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5.Sea Angel

A Sea Angel swims in its tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's new "Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean" exhibit in Monterey, Calif., on Monday, March 21, 2022
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6.Giant Squid

The squid, which can be seven feet long and weigh up to 110 pounds, are highly aggressive, are thought by some to hunt in packs and can move at speeds up to 15 mph.
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7.Frogfish

Yellow Spotted Frogfish in Bali, Indonesia
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8.Leafy Seadragon

A Leafy Sea Dragon at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., on August 13, 2013.
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9.Blobfish

Three blobfishes are shown next to each other out of the ocean
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10.Japanese Spider Crab

A Japanese spider crab crawls past the replica of a whale skull in its tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's new "Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean" exhibit in Monterey, Calif., on Monday, March 21, 2022.
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11.Sea Nettles

Pacific sea nettles swim at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, March 9, 2019.
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12.Venus Flytrap Anemone

An image available on June 22 of three deepsea flytrap anemones captured by a Chinese scientific exploration vessel near Mariana Trench in West Pacific Ocean in 2019.
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13.Gulper Eel

An image of the gulper eel
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14.Nudibranch

Nudibranch in the waters of Sulawesi, Indonesia
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15.Christmas Tree Worm

Blue Christmas Tree Worm at Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji.
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16.Anglerfish

Short-spined Anglerfish, Lophius budegassa, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain
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17.Red-lipped Batfish

RED LIPPED BATFISH, OGCOCEPHALUS DARWINI, Ecuador, South America, Galápagos, Galapagos, Island, Pacific Ocean
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18.Wolffish

Atlantic wolffish in the water
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19.Fangtooth Fish

This image shows a common fangtooth or ogrefish collected during 'Discovery Investigations II 1926-7', circa 1926.
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