The Most Unattractive Inhabitant of the Depths - Taumatiht Axel

November 30, 2018 - Scubareefing

Although this representative of the deep-Sea Angler team was named after the Danish Prince of Axel Christian George, ruling in the middle of the last century, the appearance of him is very far from the royal beauty standards. Axl Axel (lat. Thaumatichthys Axeli) is considered to be one of the most strange and unattractive creatures ever found in the dark depths of the world's ocean.

The first meeting with this unusual fish occurred during the expedition on the ship vessel in 1952 Arthur Bruun, who participated in the research, described the discovery of marine biologists as "inexplicable strange creature, the most unusual among the infinite diversity of fish".

Axl's taumatihty are located at a depth of about 3600 meters, the largest samples were discovered in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and reached a length of up to 50 Centimeters ❗

As the deep-Sea Udilʹŝikam are supposed to be, Axl's taumatihty are luring their prey into the light, the source of which is a special iron - an eska filled with

But the location of the the itself is very unusual even for strange fish like anglers. The Taumatihta of axel éskane has been hanging to the rod, but is directly in his mouth, just behind a number of sharp konusoobraznyh teeth hanging from the upper jaw like fringe. Not the fish, but the most real floating trap attached to the stomach.

This trap hits everything that meets the path of a greediest hunter, but some of the victims are so great that they cause the death of the udilʹŝika. It simply can't swallow them, and the teeth don't allow to spit out too much loot back in the water.

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