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They neither snake nor eel. They are primitive marine fish that spend most of their lives slithering along the ocean floor. These species have ability to produce copious amounts of sticky, fibrous slime from glands running along the sides of their bodies.
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Giant Pyrosomes are unusual and glowing colonies in the ocean. The whole colony is shaped like a giant thimble with a point on one end and an opening on the other, and in some species this opening can be up to 6 feet wide, large enough to fit a full grown human inside.
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The Belcher's Sea Snake is a highly venomous snake species of the elapid family. A single bite can kill a human being in less than thirty minutes. Although some experts believe that the Belcher snake is the most venomous snake in the world, this has never been officially proven.
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Goblin shark is terrifying ambush predator with unusual jaws. They are also sometimes called living fossils because their lineage can be traced back 125 million years. The jaws are on a ligament hinge that can rapidly project forward, out of the mouth.
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Giant mysterious black Sarcophagus found in Alexandria, Egypt. It is the largest of its kind ever found intact in the ancient Egyptian city. A layer of mortar between the lid of the sarcophagus indicated that it has not been opened since it was closed more than 2,000 years ago.
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The Chinese hopping vampires, is a type of undead creature found in Chinese folklore. According to the legend, there are many ways for a dead body to turn into a jiangshi. One of the version is jiangshi was created when a person suffers a violent death, such as suicide, hanging or drowning.
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Sea pig is one of the weirdest sea creatures beneath the ocean. Their body is plumped, gelatinous and oval about four inches long. One of the most distinctive and unique features of the sea pig is its have between five and seven pairs of enlarged tube "leg".
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Frilled shark are often called “living fossils" because of their primitive traits, like their brown color and long body. When hunting food, the frilled shark capture and swallow whole prey with its long and flexible jaws, which are equipped with 300 recurved, needle-like teeth.
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