The ocean is shrouded in mystery. It covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface, yet we know very little about it when you consider how vast it is. In fact, it is estimated that at least 80% of the ocean has never been mapped, explored or seen by any humans. So what is lurking out there? We’ll never know everything, but one online group is dedicated to featuring all of the creepy, beautiful and fascinating creatures that are living deep down in the sea.
Let me introduce you to The Depths Below subreddit. With the tagline, “Because we all know there’s things lurking underwater”, this group shares rarely seen footage and photos of sea creatures that you might not even know exist. We’ve gathered some of their most captivating posts down below, so if you already have a fear of the ocean, tread lightly. But if you’re intrigued by the mysteries and depth of these great bodies of water, we think you will have a blast exploring this list. Be sure to upvote all of the creatures that you find most interesting, and then let us know in the comments if you have ever seen any peculiar animals while at the beach. Keep reading to also find interviews with Dr. Scarlett Smash and Dr. Craken MacCraic of the Marine Conservation Happy Hour Podcast, and Bart Vanhoorne of the World Register of Marine Species. Then if you’re looking for another Bored Panda piece highlighting how vast and mystifying the ocean is, check out this story next.
#1 Leaf Sheep, The Adorable, Photosynthesizing Sea Slugs
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#2 Great Googly Moogly
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#3 Meet “Inspector Clouseau”, The World’s Only Pink Manta Ray
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#4 It’s Not All Bad Down There
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#5 A Mother Humpback Whale And Her Calf, In A Position Known As “Echelon”
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#6 Meet This 90 Year Old Turtle!
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#7 The ‘Strawberry Squid’ Lives In A Region Of The Ocean Known As The Mesopelagic Or “Twilight” Zone, 200 To 1000 Meters Below The Surface [photo By Paul Caiger]
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#8 Stingray Migration
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#9 The Cutest Shark Attack Ever
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#10 A Pair Of Eagle Rays Gliding Through The Dark Depths
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#11 Sea Slugs Be Lookin Like They’re Straight Out Of Ark Or Subnautica
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#12 Sitting On The Edge Of The Abyss
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#13 Okey, I Have To Admit This Is Almost Cute… Almost
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#14 A Diver Taking A Photo Of An Anaconda Underwater
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#15 Hatchet Fish Faces Looking Like The Souls Of The Damned
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#16 A Whale Shark Swimming In Bioluminescent Algae Makes It Look Like It Is Drifting Through Space. Video By Mike Nulty
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#17 The Size Difference Between An Adult Sunfish And A Sunfish Fry
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#18 He’s Right Behind Me, Isn’t He?
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#19 Saw Fish From Below
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#20 A Terrifying Comparison Of The Tentacles Of The Giant Squid (Left) And Colossal Squid (Right). The Giant Squid Is Meant For Painful Latching While The Colossal Squid Is Meant For Ripping Apart
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#21 One Of The Few Albino Whales Left On Earth
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#22 Giant Sturgeon In The Fraser River, Canada
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#23 A Scallop That Looks Absolutely Monstrous. The Blue Parts Are Its Eyes, And It Can Have Over 200 Of Them
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#24 Sleeping Sperm Whales
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#25 Best High Five Ever
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#26 Picture Of A Leopard Seal Taken In The Dark Depths. Its Only Natural Predator Is The Killer Whale
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#27 Amazon River Dolphins
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#28 We Are Here To Appreciate The Awesome Majesty And Incredibly Cool Aspects Of Nature
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#29 A Photo Of A Magnapinna Squid Captured By A Deep Sea Drilling Company. They Live So Deep In The Ocean That Very Little Is Know About This Creature
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#30 The Mantis Shrimp, Thought To Have The Most Complex Visual System Ever Discovered In The Animal Kingdom. Humans Have 3 Types Of Photoreceptor Cells In Their Eyes, While Mantis Shrimp Have Between 12 And 16. They Can See Wavelengths Of Light And Color That Humans Cannot
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#31 This Is What A Blob Fish Actually Looks Like Underwater In Their Natural Habitat
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#32 The Portuguese Man O War
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#33 The Lizard Fish. Found 8000 Ft Below
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#34 This Whale My Wife Saw While Supervising A Trydiver. First Dive And You See A Whale. Wtf
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#35 Hammerhead Sharks Nailing This Group Photo
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#36 A Killer Whale Jumps 15ft High To Catch Its Prey Which Is A Dolphin
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#37 The Ogre Fish Has Only Been Spotted A Few Times In Decades Of Ocean Research
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#38 Sharks Kill Less Than 6 To 8 People, While Humans Kill About 100 Million Sharks Every Year
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#39 The Eye Of A Gray Whale
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#40 Mother, Calf, And Escort Sleeping Peacefully
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#41 For Your Viewing Pleasure: The Viper Dogfish
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#42 The Antarctic Amphipod Is One Of The Most Alien Creatures To Inhabit The Depths Below
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#43 The Chirodectes (An Incredibly Rare Genus Of Box Jellyfish) Seen Just Twice, This Is The Only Known Footage To Exist. 1st Post More Details
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#44 Deep Blue, One Of The Largest Great White Sharks, Roams The Open Ocean
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#45 Giant Squid Makes An Appearance In Tokyo Bay
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#46 Below A Crocodile
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#47 A Russian Fisherman Caught A Deep Sea Fish Which Straight Up Resembles A Nightmare
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#48 A Cuttlefish Has Three Hearts, Blue-Green Blood, And Horizontal Vision Which Allows Them To See Behind Themselves
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#49 Pov You’re A Fish In The 1700’s
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#50 Rare Footage Of The Giant Squid, Filmed A Few Miles From The Appomattox Deepwater Oil Rig
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#51 When A Crab Gets Bitten By A Radioactive Spider…
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#52 Gulper, Aka Pelican Eel
#53 Phantom Jellyfish Very Cool But I’d Hate To Bump Into It. Unlikely As It Lives In Deep Dark Water It.
#54 Anglerfish
#55 I Present To You: The 18 Metre Sea Condom
#56 Not Everything Is Terrifying! The Sea Angel Slug Swims In The Deep Using Flaps As Sort Of Wings!
#57 Pop: It’s Monday Morning In The Office And There’s An Inch Of Coffee Left
#58 The Adorable Dumbo Octopus
#59 His Name Is Chad.
#60 See Pig A Friendly Kind Of Of A Sea Cucumber
#61 Massive Crab Claw
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