# AMAZING photos of real deep creatures! Trust me - worth a look! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168 "2005-02-27T19:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/1 "2005-02-27T19:07:51Z")
Some of the most amazing pics of these creatures I’ve ever seen. These are/were living creatures! [Animals: Deep Sea Creatures](http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19383) > [@](#): > > Animals: Deep Sea Creatures > I want to give credit to one of the amazing artists who is doing this cutting edge photography. His name is Peter Batson and he has a fantastic site called [www.exploretheabyss.com](http://www.exploretheabyss.com) . What he is doing is showing us things which no humans have ever seen in all of history. some artists have powers to entertain and others have the power to open our minds to things we had no idea about. We at [conceptart.org](http://conceptart.org) appreciate the work which the scientists and deep sea photographers are doing as it is they who are showing us things which we could previously only imagine. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/2 "2005-02-27T19:17:19Z")
The large sea creature in the fourth picture down looks so disgruntled. The sea creature in picture 13 is just creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/3 "2005-02-28T05:36:06Z")
super cool. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/4 "2005-02-28T06:51:47Z")
I saw these awhile back as “creatures that washed up in the tsunami”. They are indeed cool, but I’m guessing that story was bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/5 "2005-02-28T07:03:04Z")
[Bunk indeed](http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/creature.asp) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/6 "2005-02-28T07:19:39Z")
As a Japanese native I feel obliged to say: “They all look delicious!” 😃 (No, I’m not serious. ) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/7 "2005-02-28T07:32:31Z")
Wow! The big black fish held in that guys hands truly looks _gothic_. The all look otherworldly, yet so concrete in the white plastic tanks. And it’s worth checking out the other links given on that page, as well. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/8 "2005-02-28T08:03:13Z")
The big fish with the white eye triggers my “UUUUWAAAAAH! AAAAH! Kill it! Kill it!” reflex. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/9 "2005-02-28T08:36:42Z")
I have to admit…the [freaky crab](http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/crab.jpg) looks almost appetizing, and one of the [freaky fish](http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/chimaera_pup.jpg) looks kinda cute. (I mean like asexual, “Teddy Bear” cute, you perverts.) ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/10 "2005-02-28T08:46:30Z")
That thing in the second pic looks like one fish head with three tails… =O When can I see these alive at a local aquarium?! ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/11 "2005-02-28T09:01:05Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > As a Japanese native I feel obliged to say: “They all look delicious!” 😃 Heh. I’ve heard a number of Norwegians comment that the uglier the fish, the better it tastes. Case in point: the lumpfish. Here is a creature that looks like it was designed by a god with a sick sense of humor after too many stiff drinks, but the meat is quite tasty. The halibut isn’t going to win any beauty contests, either, but them’s good eatin’. On the other hand, the codfish, which looks like the generic picture of a “Fish” from a child’s alphabet book but for its long whisker, has almost no taste at all. Extrapolating from that, some of the fish in those pictures must be very tasty indeed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/12 "2005-02-28T09:21:04Z")
I like the look of that little [crayfish-type thing](http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/shovel_nosed_lobster.jpg); I’ll have a platefull of those please. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/13 "2005-02-28T11:09:54Z")
[Beautiful](http://www.exploretheabyss.com/photo/gallery/gallery/popups/skateface.htm) face on this one. It looks rather intelligent, even. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/14 "2005-02-28T13:49:06Z")
Please, someone mark me down as glad I don’t live in the ocean… eeewwww… scary. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/15 "2005-02-28T13:52:58Z")
The one that looks like it has a squid for a nose (3rd from the top) is kinda neat - I’d like to see a video of that one swimming. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/16 "2005-02-28T14:27:34Z")
I feel like I’ve had a glimpse inside Tim Burton’s head. Seriously, that first spiky toothed one with an underbite was wearing stripes in _Beetlejuice_, wasn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/17 "2005-02-28T14:31:14Z")
[Angler fish](http://www.niwa.co.nz/ncabb/abb/2003-05/images/index5_large.jpg) are some of the most frightening creatures on the planet… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/18 "2005-02-28T15:09:42Z")
The little critters of nature, they don’t know that they’re ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/19 "2005-02-28T15:51:50Z")
I think that’s very funny. Oh, and the little fish attached to the underside of the bigger fish - If it’s what I think it is, it’s a husband. He no longer eats because his blood stream has interconnected with the wife fish. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/20 "2005-02-28T19:08:54Z")
Yeah, like a fly marrying a bumblebee. I like [this one](http://www.exploretheabyss.com/photo/gallery/gallery/popups/sabretooth.htm), too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168.md?page=2)