Seahorses
unlike other animals both above and be
low the ocean, there's one creature where childbirth is limited to the sex .
seahorse males are made with a pouch on its front . when mating with a female , she deposits up to 1.500 eggs in the male's pouch who will the carry the eggs for up to 45 days before giving brith .
pyrosome
it looks more like a giant condom but a pyrosome is fact hundreds tiny creatures clinging to each other like glue .
the pyrosome is made of minuteanimals called zoodis . each zood links to another and filters the water around it to collect and eat plankton .
christmas island red crab migration
it was once believed that more than 43 million red crars lived on christmas island the indian ocean .
but what's evenmore astonishing than the sheer numbers of cristageans the mass migration every year to lay their eggs .
bioluminescence
once believe to be a tall told by sailors and also featured in jules verne's 20.000 leagues under the sea there has been recent re-interest in what is seemingly glowing water . found primarily in the indian ocean near indonesia . scientists have concluded that the mysterious glow is actually casused by bacteria .
rogue waves
every once in while a have unlike any other comes along to disrupt and ccause danger to marine wildlife and ships that happen to be near it .also know as freak have , monster waves, frisodic waves , killer waves , extreme waves and abnormal waves , there's denying that this former myth is now a fact .
Glass Squid
true to its name, the glass squid has clear but bulbous which can see through. couple this with its large, googly eyes and it's one sea creature that is both fascinating and humorous in appearance .
there actually 60 different species of glass sQuid and they can found underwater in the north atlantic .
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