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1. Sarcastic Fringehead<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"sarcastic](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sarcastic-fringehead-500x339.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWhen it comes to being hideous, the look does not choose the size. An example? This small but terrifying sea monster, known as the sarcastic fringehead. They are commonly found in the waters of the Pacific, just off the coast of North America, from San Francisco, California, up to the central Baja California, with a depth range of 3 to 73 meters. Plus, they are also pretty aggressive and are very territorial beings, so it\u2019s much advised for other fish (and even us humans) to stay away from them. It\u2019s mouth is enough to scare everyone off. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
2. Fangtooth Fish<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"fangtooth](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/fangtooth-fish-500x321.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRemember what we said about how the creatures get uglier when the water gets deeper? Because this is an example of that. Trust us, it only gets worse from here. Poseidon must have had a bad day and decided to make something ugly (or in this case, a lot of uglies) to scare unwanted people off the ocean or something. This fish can be found 5000 meters under the sea, but are more commonly found from 200 and 2000 meters. By the day time, this fish would be hiding in the dark, and by night it swims up to feed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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3. Predatory Tunicate<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"predatory](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/predatory-tunicate.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTry to imagine diving in the dark, with only one source of light, and then you see these creepy beings that end up making you think like you\u2019re in some science-fiction ghost movie. Predatory tunicates are only found in the deep-sea canyon walls and the seafloor in the waters of California. Their appearance resembles that of a venus flytrap and a jellyfish, combined with the action of the former. They close their mouths when a small animal or zooplankton swims inside, keeping it shut until they are ready to eat again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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4. Viperfish<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"viperfish\"](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/viperfish-500x375.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAnd onto another deep-sea ugly. The fangtooth may have a huge set of choppers among a lot of deep-sea creatures, the viperfish has got small-needle-like set of teeth out of its mouth. They lurk between 250 to 5,000 feet beneath the sea, but have been known to stay in shallower parts during the night time, in the tropical and temperate waters. They are said to lure their meals in with the use of their light-producing organs called photophores, similar to what the anglerfish has. Like many deep-sea fish, this one can go for a long time without eating, so you can imagine the ferocity it has when it goes out to get some food.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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5. Northern Stargazer<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"Northern_Stargazer\"](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Northern_Stargazer-500x333.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nYou can imagine that Poseidon has some big beef with some other undersea creature that he decides to create this scary looking beast down below. The name is not doing anything to help make it any prettier either, because really, who thought of naming this one the northern stargazer?! Honestly?. This hideous character can be found on the eastern shores between North Carolina and New York in the US, and in the water, they are found in the depths of 36 meters. It\u2019s eyes and mouth are on the top of its head, because of the way it feeds – they bury themselves in the mud for a bit, and when their prey approaches, BAM! As if they weren\u2019t scary enough, they have organs above their eyes that can produce an electric shock.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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6. Anglerfish<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"anglerfish\"](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/anglerfish.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nA.k.a that creature Marlin and Dory come across when they were looking for the goggles in the dark in \u201cFinding Nemo”. Super-sharp chompers and a light producing organ would be the defining points of this hideousness. As if they weren\u2019t scary enough, they are also, puhretty weird, when it comes to reproducing. When the males age and mature, they lose their digestive system and then latch onto the females to keep themselves from starving to death.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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7. Tasseled Wobbegong<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"tasseled](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tasseled-wobbegong-500x332.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThere are sharks like the great white and the hammerhead, and those sharks seem to have a smooth exterior. This shark however, just reminds you of an ugly carpet you probably had at home somewhere. Meet the tasseled wobbegong, a kind of carpet shark that lives in the coral reefs in northern Australia, as well as New Guinea and other nearby islands. It gets its name from its physical appearance, like a carpet, only with sets of teeth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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8. Giant Isopod<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"giant](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/giant-isopod-500x375.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nOne of the ocean\u2019s bugs, or one of the ocean\u2019s giant bugs. This giant isopod is commonly found in the waters of the Atlantic ocean, as well as the Pacific and Indian oceans. Fun fact: they are also related to the pill bug, which explains their physical appearance. They are scavengers in the deep sea, and could be found doing so at a depth of 170 meters up to 2,140 meters, which is hella deep. They may be scavengers, but they are mainly carnivorous, feeding on dead whales, fish, and even squid, and prey on the slow-movers in the deep sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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9. Giant Oarfish<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"oarfish\"](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oarfish.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSo far, we\u2019ve seen some little or medium sized hideousness, but here\u2019s a gargantuan one. Not exactly ugly, but just really, really, big. Or in this case, long. The giant oarfish is known as the king of herrings and is known as the world\u2019s longest bony fish, with a ribbon-like appearance. It\u2019s\u00a0 <\/span>appearance as well as the way it swims often lead to rumors of sea serpent sightings. The giant oarfish inhabits a depth range of 20 to 1000 meters, commonly in tropical to temperate waters. It\u2019s also extremely rare, which adds up to the speculations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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10. Red-Lipped Batfish<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"red](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/red-lipped-batfish-500x333.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s like someone went down, put some lipstick on this fish and left it that way. The red-lipped batfish is another scary-looking critter of the ocean, found in the Galapagos islands at a depth of 30 meters, maybe even more. Rather than swimming, this fish walks the ocean floor, and like the ugly anglerfish, the red-lipped batfish has something on its head called an illicium, used to attract prey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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11. Colossal Squid<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"colossal](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/colossal-squid.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThere we have it. We\u2019ve found the Kraken. Or something that looks like it. This is not the one swimming in the lake near Hogwarts, though, as that\u2019s only called the giant squid. This squid, is called the colossal squid, and is by far one of the largest liquid species in terms of mass. It\u2019s pretty rare, and is estimated to measure up to 12 to 14 meters long. It could be found between Antarctica to the southern part of South America, as well as the southern part of South Africa and even the the southern part of New Zealand, which is pretty wide.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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12. Tongue Eating Louse<\/span><\/h2>\n![\"tongue](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tongue-eating-louse-500x375.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nA monster, yes, but more of a parasitic creature that is just as hideous. The male tongue eating louse attaches itself and enters the fish through the gills, while the female attaches itself onto the fish\u2019s tongue. It then cuts off the blood vessels of the fish\u2019s tongue, cutting the tongue off completely, positions itself on what was once the tongue and becomes the new tongue. We had to mention the word \u201ctongue\u201d so many times.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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13. Ocean Sunfish<\/span><\/h2>\n
![\"sarcastic](\"http:\/\/www.wild-facts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sarcastic-fringehead.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWhen it comes to being hideous, the look does not choose the size. An example? This small but terrifying sea monster, known as the sarcastic fringehead. They are commonly found in the waters of the Pacific, just off the coast of North America, from San Francisco, California, up to the central Baja California, with a depth range of 3 to 73 meters. Plus, they are also pretty aggressive and are very territorial beings, so it\u2019s much advised for other fish (and even us humans) to stay away from them. It\u2019s mouth is enough to scare everyone off. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remember what we said about how the creatures get uglier when the water gets deeper? Because this is an example of that. Trust us, it only gets worse from here. Poseidon must have had a bad day and decided to make something ugly (or in this case, a lot of uglies) to scare unwanted people off the ocean or something. This fish can be found 5000 meters under the sea, but are more commonly found from 200 and 2000 meters. By the day time, this fish would be hiding in the dark, and by night it swims up to feed.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n Try to imagine diving in the dark, with only one source of light, and then you see these creepy beings that end up making you think like you\u2019re in some science-fiction ghost movie. Predatory tunicates are only found in the deep-sea canyon walls and the seafloor in the waters of California. Their appearance resembles that of a venus flytrap and a jellyfish, combined with the action of the former. They close their mouths when a small animal or zooplankton swims inside, keeping it shut until they are ready to eat again.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n And onto another deep-sea ugly. The fangtooth may have a huge set of choppers among a lot of deep-sea creatures, the viperfish has got small-needle-like set of teeth out of its mouth. They lurk between 250 to 5,000 feet beneath the sea, but have been known to stay in shallower parts during the night time, in the tropical and temperate waters. They are said to lure their meals in with the use of their light-producing organs called photophores, similar to what the anglerfish has. Like many deep-sea fish, this one can go for a long time without eating, so you can imagine the ferocity it has when it goes out to get some food.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n You can imagine that Poseidon has some big beef with some other undersea creature that he decides to create this scary looking beast down below. The name is not doing anything to help make it any prettier either, because really, who thought of naming this one the northern stargazer?! Honestly?. This hideous character can be found on the eastern shores between North Carolina and New York in the US, and in the water, they are found in the depths of 36 meters. It\u2019s eyes and mouth are on the top of its head, because of the way it feeds – they bury themselves in the mud for a bit, and when their prey approaches, BAM! As if they weren\u2019t scary enough, they have organs above their eyes that can produce an electric shock.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n A.k.a that creature Marlin and Dory come across when they were looking for the goggles in the dark in \u201cFinding Nemo”. Super-sharp chompers and a light producing organ would be the defining points of this hideousness. As if they weren\u2019t scary enough, they are also, puhretty weird, when it comes to reproducing. When the males age and mature, they lose their digestive system and then latch onto the females to keep themselves from starving to death.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n There are sharks like the great white and the hammerhead, and those sharks seem to have a smooth exterior. This shark however, just reminds you of an ugly carpet you probably had at home somewhere. Meet the tasseled wobbegong, a kind of carpet shark that lives in the coral reefs in northern Australia, as well as New Guinea and other nearby islands. It gets its name from its physical appearance, like a carpet, only with sets of teeth.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n One of the ocean\u2019s bugs, or one of the ocean\u2019s giant bugs. This giant isopod is commonly found in the waters of the Atlantic ocean, as well as the Pacific and Indian oceans. Fun fact: they are also related to the pill bug, which explains their physical appearance. They are scavengers in the deep sea, and could be found doing so at a depth of 170 meters up to 2,140 meters, which is hella deep. They may be scavengers, but they are mainly carnivorous, feeding on dead whales, fish, and even squid, and prey on the slow-movers in the deep sea.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n So far, we\u2019ve seen some little or medium sized hideousness, but here\u2019s a gargantuan one. Not exactly ugly, but just really, really, big. Or in this case, long. The giant oarfish is known as the king of herrings and is known as the world\u2019s longest bony fish, with a ribbon-like appearance. It\u2019s\u00a0 <\/span>appearance as well as the way it swims often lead to rumors of sea serpent sightings. The giant oarfish inhabits a depth range of 20 to 1000 meters, commonly in tropical to temperate waters. It\u2019s also extremely rare, which adds up to the speculations.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n It\u2019s like someone went down, put some lipstick on this fish and left it that way. The red-lipped batfish is another scary-looking critter of the ocean, found in the Galapagos islands at a depth of 30 meters, maybe even more. Rather than swimming, this fish walks the ocean floor, and like the ugly anglerfish, the red-lipped batfish has something on its head called an illicium, used to attract prey.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n There we have it. We\u2019ve found the Kraken. Or something that looks like it. This is not the one swimming in the lake near Hogwarts, though, as that\u2019s only called the giant squid. This squid, is called the colossal squid, and is by far one of the largest liquid species in terms of mass. It\u2019s pretty rare, and is estimated to measure up to 12 to 14 meters long. It could be found between Antarctica to the southern part of South America, as well as the southern part of South Africa and even the the southern part of New Zealand, which is pretty wide.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n A monster, yes, but more of a parasitic creature that is just as hideous. The male tongue eating louse attaches itself and enters the fish through the gills, while the female attaches itself onto the fish\u2019s tongue. It then cuts off the blood vessels of the fish\u2019s tongue, cutting the tongue off completely, positions itself on what was once the tongue and becomes the new tongue. We had to mention the word \u201ctongue\u201d so many times.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n2. Fangtooth Fish<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n3. Predatory Tunicate<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n4. Viperfish<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n5. Northern Stargazer<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n6. Anglerfish<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n7. Tasseled Wobbegong<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n8. Giant Isopod<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n9. Giant Oarfish<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n10. Red-Lipped Batfish<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n11. Colossal Squid<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n12. Tongue Eating Louse<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n13. Ocean Sunfish<\/span><\/h2>\n