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By. Mitch Jensen 8E
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Vampire Squid
Moon Jelly
Angler Fish
Frilled Shark
Six-Gill Shark
Concepts on Deep Sea Life
How they Impact them
How they Impact us
Conclusion
Vampire Squid is a squid that is 12 inches that
has eight tentacles which are webbed. It lives
2000 to 3000 feet below the surface. The
scientific name for it is Vanpyruteuthis infernalis.
Did you know that the Vampire Squid can move
if its diet creates enough diarrhea to shoot out
their anal cavities to move them forward?
Moon Jelly is a part of the jellyfish family. It can
be from 25-40 cm long when fully grown. The
Moon Jelly has many names such as Saucer Jelly,
Common Jelly, and Moon Jellyfish. The scientific
name for this ocean creature is Aurelia aurita.
Carl Linnaeus found the Moon Jelly in 1758.
Angler Fish are about 2 feet long. It has an
antenna that acts as a lure. The male and female
are very different, when a male and female are
very different it is called sexual dimorphrism.
There are more than 200 species of the Angler
Fish. The closest Angler Fish to the surface is one
mile down. Samuel Garman is the first person to
find this kind of fish and that was in 1899.
Frilled Shark is 1 of 2 extant sharks in the shark
family. The Frilled Shark is 2m long. It catches
prey by bending its body and jolting forward like
a snake. It swallows its prey whole. It has been
around for 80 million years. Some people call it
the living fossil.
Six-Gill Shark is 16 feet long. It is one of the
most commonly studied sharks. Many of its
relatives are now extinct. Did you know that it is
a hexanchidae shark? (Hexanchidae sharks have
an additional pair of gill slits). Its scientific name
is Hexanchus griseus. Another name for it is a
Cow Fish.
The Deep Sea is a part of the sea that is the lowest layer
of the sea; which is at least 1800 meters or more. In the
Deep Sea is is pitch black, nothing can be seen, it is as if
you were blind. It is freezing cold down there, the normal
temperature is near freezing. The pressure down there is
hundreds of bars. (Bars is how you calculate pressure).
There is very minimal oxygen. It is scarce to see food, the
only way Deep Sea Creatures eat is from food floating
down. Sea creatures that live in the Deep Sea live
hundreds to thousands of meters below the surface.
• 72% of the Earth is water so they are taking up
a lot of space and a lot of land that we cannot
find out about.
• Deep ocean life interferes with us mining
down there.
• Pollution is a big factor because more than
100 000 sea creatures die a year from
pollution and 30 000 deep ocean life die from
that 100 000.
• Oil spills is another large issue – if oil gets into
their water then more die from that 100 000
fish from pollution.
Conclusion
I learned a lot about deep ocean life. I didn’t
know that these creatures are so scary looking.
They are so interesting!
!!!GO DEEP SEA CREATURES!!!