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Explore the deep sea - Life in the deep
Read this great introductionLife in the deep
Find out what scientists are discovering about deep sea creaturesLife in the abyss
Click on the orange spots next to the pictures to find out more about the creatures. If you'd like to see more of the deep sea (and its inhabitants), try your hand at piloting the submersible Alvin in the virtual tour.
Sea and sky : monsters of the deep
Move your mouse cursor in the black area of the page to reveal the many life forms that live in the deep. Click on the images revealed to find out information about the creatures. If you would like to find all of the animals, click the "Reveal All Creatures" button at the bottom of the page.Deep sea inhabitants
See a photo and find out all about the diet, size, habitat, relatives and cool facts of many deep sea creatures.Gallery of deep ocean creatures.
This page provides information about, and pictures of the Viperfish, Fangtooth and Gulper Eel.Gallery of deep ocean creatures, Page 2
This page provides information about and a picture of the Rattail or Grenadier fish.Gallery of deep ocean creatures, Page 3
This page provides a small amount of information about the deep sea fish in brotulid family, of which very little is known.Gallery of deep ocean creatures, Page 4
This page provides a picture and some information about the bottom feeders known as "sea pigs".Deep sea bestiary, Part 1
See pictures and find out about some of the strange creatures that live in the deep sea, including the Viperfish, the Fangtooth and the Gulper.Deep sea bestiary, Part 2
Find out about the anglerfish, the vampire squid and other fascinating deep sea creatures.Deep sea bestiary, Part 3
Deep sea fish
Find out about deep sea anglers, the footballfish and Prince Axel's wonder-fish.
This list of deepsea fish from the Australian Museum Fish site provides information and photos of over 30 deep sea fish, including the black dragonfish, fangtooth, gulper eel, humpback black devil, Murray's abyssal anglerfish and viperfish.Deep sea fish
Deep sea fishes
Despite the distracting advertising, this site provides links to information and photos of many deep sea fish.
This site contains many links to deep sea fish, including viperfish, deep sea angler and
silver hatchetfish.
Deep sea animal hunts with lights
A report from the BBC describing a new species of deep-sea animal that has been discovered, which uses glowing red tentacles to lure small fish to their deaths.The warped world of deep-sea fish
Watch this video of some of the world's most bizarre fish specimens presented by the fish curator of the Natural History Museum, James Maclaine.Deep Ocean Photography - Fishes
View these amazing photos!Deep Ocean Photography Gallery
View these extraordinary photographs of deep sea life.
Inside a tubeworm
Click on the different body parts and read the information on the right hand side of the page.Tubeworm anatomy
Tube worms don't have a mouth or a digestive tract. Find out how they get nourishment.Tubeworms
Find out about these interesting creaturesGallery of deep ocean creatures, Page 5
This page provides information and a picture of giant deep sea tube worms that grow in large clusters around hydrothermal vents.Pompeii Worm
Meet the earth's hottest creature!The vent crab
Find out answers to your questions about this interesting crabDiscovery of the Yeti Crab
Read about this blind deep-sea crab whose legs are covered with long, pale yellow hairs.
Squid : the inside storyHome
Find out about what a squid eats, how it moves, what supports its body and how it reproduces and defends itself.In search of giant squid
An online exhibit on the mysterious giant squid, based on material presented in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.Giants of the Deep - ABC Science
Read about the giant squid and see a photo of one that was caught off the west coast of Tasmania. Alive, it would be about eight metres long, including two very long clasping tentacles.Gallery of deep ocean creatures, Page 6
This page provides information and a picture of the giant squid.Giant Squid and Colossal Squid Fact Sheets
Scroll down for information and images.Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant
This National Geographic News site has distracting advertising but has a 2 page article dated September 27, 2005 about a sighting of a giant squid off the coast of Japan. There are 9 photos provided of the giant squid in action.A colossal creature of the deep
A report from Time for Kids about the sighting of a colossal squid by fishermen in the sub-Antarctic Ross Sea about 3,600 kilometres south of Wellington, New ZealandColossal squid with parrot beak caught
Read another report about this amazing catch from the CBBC NewsroundSuper squid surfaces in Antarctic
Find out more about the colossal squid from this BBC 'News to me' article.Monsters of the deep - The vampire squid
Find out about this squid as well as other deep sea creatures from the deep sea creatures databaseMystery marine creatures
Provides some images and informationVampire squid
A page from the Simple English Wikipedia
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