I was so scared they would fall. Particularly the little one.
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I couldnât watch AnnieâŠ
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Itâs extremely rare to see an anglerfish outside of the deep ocean but this one was found at Crystal Cove State Park in California. Anglerfish are typically found at ocean depths around 3,000 feet. The protrusion from the head is a modified dorsal fin known as the esca. Itâs bioluminescence attracts prey that the anglerfish then impales with their sharp teeth. The esca is even known to attract predators that then turn the hunter into the hunted.
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This 4 foot moray eel was found washed ashore on the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The moray died after a pufferfish inflated and lodged in the eelâs throat. The next photo is of a pufferfish skeleton and it further illustrates just how dangerous these fish can be to predators that attempt to eat them.
Youâre looking at the spines of pufferfish which are just modified scales. They can puff up to two or three times their normal size. Most puffer fish contain a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin that can be 1200 times stronger than cyanide. In Japan, Puffer fish is a delicacy called fugu. Chefs must train three years or more before they can prepare it.
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Hereâs an odd creature you may not have heard of. This is a star-nosed mole. Their distinctive star shaped snout contain more than 100,000 nerve fibers and allows them to quickly determine if something is edible, and then eat it in under a quarter of a second. They are known to eat faster than any other mammal on earth.
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Volcanic lightning is an electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption, rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from colliding, fragmenting particles of volcanic ash (and sometimes ice), which generate static electricity within the volcanic plume, leading to the name dirty thunderstorm.â âWikipedia
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While it is called a wolf eel, they are not true eels, just long skinny fish. The one pictured in this photo is considered young and small. Young wolf eels have a red brick like color (as showing in the photo) and as they age colors dull and they become shades of grays and browns. Full grown wolf eel can grow up to eight feet long and have 200 spinal vertebrae. These fish are found in the north pacific and are known to be gentle, slow-moving and often very friendly with divers.
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That one doesnât look very friendly RalphâŠ
It doesnât does it. 
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