Meet The Ocean’s 3.5-Year Pregnant Frilled Shark & Friends
KEY POINTS
- •Frilled shark retains features from ancient ancestors, studied by biologists.
- •Underwater robots capture images of elusive deep-sea creatures.
- •Sea creatures adapt to survive thousands of feet below the surface.
Deep beneath the waves, around 5,600 feet down, lurk some truly bizarre creatures giving nightmares a run for their money. The frilled shark, a living fossil with a 3.5-year pregnancy—marathon moms of the sea—prowls the Atlantic and Pacific at 6 feet long. Meanwhile, hagfish slime their way through the depths, producing goop scientists hope to slap on burn victims someday. Elsewhere, a goblin shark flaunts over 100 teeth and can projectile-jaw-snatch snacks at nearly 7 mph (think dental freak meets fast-food). And just to add to the weird, vampire squids rock Dracula capes while puffing bioluminescent gloops like liquid party favors. If these aren’t signs we’re terrible drivers on life’s highway, I don’t know what is.
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Deep sea fish apparently compete for the weirdest CV: 3.5-year pregnancies, slime for defense, and mouths that look like rejected Halloween props. Humanity’s biggest flex? Still tripping over shoelaces on dry land.
If you think your relatives are strange, meet the sarcastic fringehead: a fish that picks fights by showing off like a tiny fluorescent diva in worm tubes and discarded soda cans.
The goblin shark’s slingshot feeding would make any fast food drive-thru jealous, snatching snacks nearly 7 mph. Fish, meet Tinder – swipe right for survival.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/7/2025 | Author: Zoë Ettinger,Jenny McGrath
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