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From space debris to mysterious creatures and an actual Harley Davidson motorcycle, the sea has coughed up an unbelievable amount of bizarre items. See what folks have found.
The creature was discovered in 2007 by a team of marine biologists about 2,500 meters deep in the Celebes Sea in the western Pacific Ocean. RELATED: Photos of bizarre sea animals
The Train is the name given to a sound recorded on March 5, 1997, on the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array. The sound rises to a quasi-steady frequency. According to the NOAA, the origin of the sound is most likely generated by a very large iceberg grounded in the Ross Sea, near Cape Adare. [10
In addition to trapping prey, the slug's hood can snap shut and propel the animal away from danger. Predators might overlook the sea slug's transparent body or be startled by its bioluminescence ...
Likewise, DNA testing confirmed that an alleged sea monster washed up on Newfoundland in August 2001, was a sperm whale. [3] Another modern example of a "sea monster" was the strange creature washed up in Los Muermos on the Chilean sea shore in July 2003.
This is thought to help the animals move to new feeding grounds and avoid predators. [6] The sea cucumber ranges in size from 11 to 25 centimeters (4.3 to 9.8 in). [7] Its most distinct feature is its coloring, which is dictated by size: small enypniastes are a bright pink, and larger individuals are a more reddish-brown color.
RELATED: Photos of bizarre sea animals. The animal instead uses two thread-like filaments to catch debris as it sinks from the surface level of the ocean further into the deep sea, where it lives.
On April 25, 1977, the Japanese trawler Zuiyō Maru, fishing east of Christchurch, New Zealand, caught a strange, unknown creature in the trawl.The crew was convinced it was an unidentified animal, [4] but despite the potential biological significance of the curious discovery, the captain, Akira Tanaka, decided to dump the carcass into the ocean again so not to risk spoiling the fish caught.