Mysteries of the Deep

There is so much going on in the deep sea that we are unaware of. Here are some trivia, fun facts on the creatures of the sea, courtesy of Facebook pages ‘Colours of Nature’, ‘Ancestral Stories’, ‘Weird Facts’, ‘Unbelievable Facts’, ‘Today I Learned’, ‘Science and Facts’, ‘Crazy Creatures’, ‘The Knowledge Factory’, ‘The study Secrets’ etc… However, I do not know if they are true. Some of them sound really incredible.

Its lineage stretches back over 360 million years to the Devonian seas, long before dinosaurs existed. Fossils show the same suction mouth and tooth rings still in use today.

Sometimes survival is not evolution. It is refinement. – A Facebook post by ‘Strangest Facts’

Fish nostrils, called nares, are used only for smelling not for breathing. Water flows in through one opening and out through another, passing over highly sensitive olfactory receptors that analyze dissolved chemicals.

This system works like a natural chemical scanner, allowing fish to detect food from far away, sense predators, recognize mates, follow migration routes, and even navigate their surroundings using scent trails. – A Facebook post

Instead of fleeing, the red egg crab locks into a sealed disc, becoming a living fortress predators cannot grip or pry open.

It slips into sand and stone, a defense refined by millions of years of evolution. – A Facebook post ‘Strangest Facts’

Pygmy seahorses are smaller than a grain of rice at birth and adults measure only 1.4–2.7 cm long. They are among the smallest known vertebrates on Earth.

Each pygmy seahorse species lives almost exclusively on one specific species of sea fan (gorgonian coral). Their bodies have matching colors, bumps, and textures, making them nearly invisible—even to trained divers. Most individuals never leave the single sea fan they’re born on for their entire lives. – A Facebook post ‘Mind Blowing Facts’

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