In the 2001 Studio Ghibli film "Spirited Away", Akio Ogino is spotted eating a mysterious dish unknown to the viewer often speculated as ba-wan, but in 2020 it was revealed by an Animator in the film that it was actually the stomach of a coelacanth!
Bobbit worms are predatory animals feeding on fish, crabs and other underwater species. They bury themselves in the ocean floor, only exposing their five antennae which can sense movement. Once they sense their prey, the worm attacks it with their razor sharp teeth and pulls it underground. One should never touch a Bobbit worm as their body is composed of numerous bristles which are in fact nerve-damaging. The bristles can deliver a painful sting. If one of these bristles pierces through the skin, one might suffer from permanent nerve damage.
Deutalios resembles a cross between a rat and various fish. He has a long, whip like tail and extended ears which appear to display gills on them, large tusks, and a horn protruding from its head. For a creature that was adapted to living in water, Deutalios appears to have retained its long fur. In some concept art, Deutalios appears to have fins in place of forelimbs, allowing him to swim. The horn on his head also resembles an angler fish's antenna in this artwork, while his eyes are very large and pupil-less, similar to fish eyes. Godzilla was going to fight Deutalios instead of the Super X2 and the rose form of Biollante. After prevailing, Godzilla would have consumed the monster. The monster was possibly dropped due to the graphic nature of this scene, or simply to make room for another battle with Biollante and the Super X2.
Meteotsunamis have characteristics similar to earthquake-generated tsunamis, but they are caused by air-pressure disturbances often associated with fast-moving weather systems, such as squall lines. These disturbances can generate waves in the ocean that travel at the same speed as the overhead weather system. Development of a meteotsunami depends on several factors, such as the intensity, direction, and speed of the air pressure as it travels over a waterbody. Like an earthquake-generated tsunami, a meteotsunami affects the entire water column and may become dangerous when it hits shallow water, which causes it to slow down and increase in height and intensity. Semi-enclosed water bodies like harbors, inlets, and bays can greatly intensify a meteotsunami.
The first bird actually called a penguin was the now-extinct Great Auk found in the North Atlantic. Tragically, early explorers and their contemporaries found Great Auks a little too tasty, and the birds were all killed off. Fossil evidence shows that penguins evolved before the dinosaurs died out.
Centuries ago, manatee sightings by sailors at sea gave rise to the myth of mermaids. But the vision was a mirage-like hallucination brought on by sleep deprivation, dehydration, malnutrition, and maybe a little wishful thinking on the sailor's part! The scientific name for manatees is Sirenia, derived from the Greek Sirens, the dangerous sea nymphs who lured sailors with song, drawing them and their vessels into the rocky shores. It's also another term for mermaids,
In 1987, a local diver exploring off the coast of Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands stumbled across a startling discovery. Twenty-five metres below the surface, he spotted a series of almost perfectly carved steps with straight edges. Known today as the Yonaguni Monument, this massive 50m-long-by-20m-wide behemoth is one of the world's most unusual underwater sites. Nicknamed "Japan's Atlantis", the rectangular, stacked pyramid-like monument is believed to be more than 10,000 years old. Some think it's all that remains of a long-lost Pacific civilisation, possibly built by Japan's prehistoric Jomon people who inhabited these islands as early as 12000 BC. Others say that the site resembles natural formations elsewhere around the world with distinctly defined edges and flat surfaces, such as Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway, whose thousands of interlocking basalt columns were formed by a volcanic eruption millions of years ago. Marine geologist Masaaki Kimura claims that the formations are man-made stepped monoliths.[1] These claims have been described as pseudoarchaeological.[2] Neither the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs nor the government of Okinawa Prefecture recognise the features as important cultural artifacts and neither government agency has carried out research or preservation work on the site.
As filter feeders, whale sharks have more than 300 rows of tiny teeth and 20 filter pads. In total, each whale shark has about 3,000 teeth, each less than a quarter of an inch in size. Interestingly, whale shark teeth are not used for feeding — instead, it's their filter pads that enable them to sieve food out of seawater. Whale sharks are capable of sifting food particles as small as 0.04 inches in size through the gill rakers on their filter pads.
As plants and animals near the surface of the ocean die and decay, they fall toward the seafloor, just like leaves and decaying material fall onto a forest floor. In addition to dead animals and plants. The decaying material is referred to as "marine snow" because it looks a little bit like white fluffy bits. The "snowflakes" grow as they fall, some reaching several centimeters in diameter. Some flakes fall for weeks before finally reaching the ocean floor. This continuous rain of marine snow provides food for many deep-sea creatures. Many animals in the dark parts of the ocean filter marine snow from the water or scavenge it from the seabed.
To defend its territory, the sarcastic fringehead opens its enormous mouth to intimidate its foe. They have specially-designed jaws that fan out to the side which makes them appear larger and more intimidating. If the challenger is another sarcastic fringehead, the two will "kiss" by aggressively pressing their open mouths against each other until one finally gives up and swims away.