# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/21 "2005-02-28T21:21:02Z")
This is simply further proof that we must declare war on the sea and all that dwell within it _immediately,_ if not sooner. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/22 "2005-03-01T02:03:00Z")
Y’know, Aquaman would get a lot better press if he called on some of these things, once in awhile. (If you could get around the fact that they’d, y’know, die if the water pressure got too light.) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/23 "2005-03-01T02:38:45Z")
Ok, well, I guess it’s dust baths for me from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/24 "2005-03-01T03:25:37Z")
Now you know why you should never order the “chef’s surprise” chowder. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/25 "2005-03-01T03:32:06Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > 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.) I dunno…I saw that fish and immediately thought “hey, it’s a dorkfish!” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/26 "2005-03-01T03:33:11Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > 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.) I dunno…I saw that fish and immediately thought “hey, it’s a dorkfish! Dang, did he catch that thing with a corndog?” ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/27 "2005-03-01T03:47:48Z")
Damn. There goes a good night’s sleep. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/28 "2005-03-01T05:45:32Z")
Oh good there’s a link to a [dragonfish](http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/black_dragonfish.jpg). They look scary, but they’re really neat: they have an organ under their eyes that emits deep red light, and their eyes contain a chlorophyll-like substance that enables them to see at those wavelengths. They literally hunt with a light that their prey is blind to. Oh yeah and then there’s the row of blue-green lights down each side of the fish’s body. The [firefly squid](http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/firefly_squid.jpg) is another interesting creature as it holds the distinction of being the only mollusc known to be capable of seeing in color. Cool pics; thanks for posting! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/29 "2005-03-01T06:21:03Z")
Did anyone see [this one?](http://www.cfgoa.org/us/bulletin/) Look carefully. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/30 "2005-03-01T07:03:09Z")
> [@The Mad Hermit](#): > > Did anyone see [this one?](http://www.cfgoa.org/us/bulletin/) :eek: Yup, those photos are _much_ creepier than anything linked in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/31 "2005-03-01T07:15:19Z")
> [@umop ap!sdn](#): > > :eek: > > Yup, those photos are _much_ creepier than anything linked in the OP. Too bad it’s from a computer game. Put together very well though! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/32 "2005-03-01T07:36:53Z")
It had me fooled for a full day. I thought it would have come up on the Dope by now. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/33 "2005-03-01T17:40:21Z")
I was wondering why my browser kept getting hijacked. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/34 "2005-03-01T17:58:49Z")
[This fish](http://www.exploretheabyss.com/photo/gallery/gallery/popups/fishface.htm) from the Abyss website, actually looks like one of the ghost-like CGI creatues in the film of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/35 "2005-03-02T00:26:04Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > As a Japanese native I feel obliged to say: “They all look delicious!” 😃 > > (No, I’m not serious. ) Haha, so do I. 😃 They remind me of things I’ve seen for sale at the Chinese supermarkets around here, actually. But I’m not serious either, so no worries. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/36 "2005-03-02T08:09:04Z")
> [@astro](#): > > 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) Wow! This is such a cool site. Thanks for posting it! Hey, **umop ap!sdn** –what’s the URL for the page that has links to all of Alex Korol’s photos of sea creatures? I liked the links you posted, so I went to Korol’s main site. But I can’t find a list of links or a page that easily lets me see all of his photos. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/37 "2005-03-02T17:56:52Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Hey, **umop ap!sdn** –what’s the URL for the page that has links to all of Alex Korol’s photos of sea creatures? I’m really not sure. The links I posted are from the bottom of the post linked in **astro** ’s OP; there’s about 8 or 10 of them there. Comcast seems to return its own custom message instead of a 404 screen when trying to retrieve a directory listing. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/38 "2005-03-02T18:00:14Z")
Do these creatures live in the Marians Trench? How long have they lived there? ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168/39 "2005-03-06T11:27:52Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > 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. gothic ? Explain, please [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-photos-of-real-deep-creatures-trust-me-worth-a-look/292168.md?page=1)