Halloween post!!!

Angler Fish

1. Some angler fish can reach yp to 3.3 feet or 1 meter long

2. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size.

3. When a young, free-swimming male angler encounters a female, he latches onto her with his sharp teeth. Over time, the male physically fuses with the female, connecting to her skin and bloodstream and losing his eyes and all his internal organs except the testes. A female will carry six or more males on her body.

Angler fish are creepy because of their mating habits, and the way that they look.

Post #3

• The Blobfish is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae.





• Inhabiting the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania.





• It is rarely seen by humans.

• It creeps me out because its slimey and scary lookin.

Post # 3

~Blob fish!

~Scientists fear the Blob fish, which can grow up to 12 inches,

is in danger of being wiped out by over-fishing in its south eastern

Australian habitat, lives at depths of up to 800m, is rarely seen by

humans but it lives at the same depths as other ocean organisms.

As a result the fish, which is inedible, is being dragged up with other

catches by trawler fishermen.

~This fish creeps me out because there isn't really anything

there, just like a Blob. That is why it's name is the Blob fish, because it

doesn't have any bones barely, and squirms around! (:

Project Three: Halloween Project

Project Three:
Halloween Project

For the sake of Length on this post, I will not post the Introduction to the project.

Choose a creepy animal and follow these directions:

·

Post a picture of the creepiest animal you can think of (be creative, but make sure it is a real animal).

· Give three pieces of information about that animal.

· Tell why this animal creeps you out.

Happy Halloween!

This is the Hagfish, in the Myxinidae family.

Three pieces of information:

1. These are the only animals that have a skull but no vertebral column.

2. The mouth of the hagfish has two pairs of horny, comb-shaped teeth on a cartilaginous plate that protracts and retracts. These teeth are used to grasp food and draw it toward the pharynx.

3. Hagfish are long and vermiform, and can exude copious quantities of a slime or mucus (from which the typical species Myxine glutinosa was named) of unusual composition. When captured and held, e.g., by the tail, they secrete the microfibrous slime, which expands into a gelatinous and sticky goo when combined with water; if they remain captured, they can tie themselves in an overhand knot which works its way from the head to the tail of the animal, scraping off the slime as it goes and freeing them from their captor, as well as the slime.

The animal creeps me out because of the way it looks, the habits it holds, it’s unusual eating habits, and its ability to produce so much mucus.