# Monster "Black Sea Devil" Captured on Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524 "2014-11-24T21:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524/1 "2014-11-24T21:00:30Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VqPMP9X-89o/maxresdefault.jpg "The anglerfish: The original approach to deep-sea fishing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPMP9X-89o) Doesn’t it frighten you–the thought of being eaten by such a beast? The fish is only 3 1/2 inches long. Article: > **[The Black Sea Devil, a Rare Deep-Sea Anglerfish, Filmed for the First Time](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-deep-sea-anglerfish-called-black-seadevil-has-been-filmed-first-time-180953454/?no-ist)** > > Fewer than half a dozen anglerfish have ever been recorded swimming in their undersea habitat ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524/2 "2014-11-25T01:23:30Z")
Reminds me of a girl I once knew… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524/3 "2014-11-26T14:28:12Z")
Doesn’t the sea get, like, totally lightless at around 800 feet? Seems like anything living below that depth would eventually devolve its eyes (like cave dwellers will), making the angler fish’s light essentially useless. Clearly I’m wrong about something though–lotsa deep sea fishes seem to have ginormous eyes. So how far down DOES sunlight get? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524/4 "2014-11-26T16:10:41Z")
There are enough bioluminescent creatures at depth to make vision still useful. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524/5 "2014-11-26T17:40:53Z")
Meh, it’s only nine inches long. It might get a chunk of my leg, but it’s not going to kill me. Plus, it’s slow, so even if I didn’t see it coming, it’s not going to get a second bite. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-black-sea-devil-captured-on-film/705524/6 "2014-11-26T22:58:26Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Reminds me of a girl I once knew… Did you know her intimately? Did you bite her neck gently and never let go, eventually fusing with her flesh and degenerating into essentially a skin tag with gonads attached? Damn nature, you scary!