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10 Weird Looking Sea Creatures

4. Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola)

They are called the Ocean Sunfish probably because of how they look like during lava stage. Just like the sun kids always draw and of course because they like to sunbathe at the surface of the water. An adult Mola Mola looks like someone cut its body and sew the head straight to its tail. On average, a mature sunfish is 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in length could go up to 14 ft and could weigh between 247 to 1000 kg (545-2205 lb). Though they are heavy, they are known to jump out of the water as high as 3 m (10 ft) in the air and would land with a splash to get rid of parasite off its skin. So be careful, they might just land on your boat and I’m not even joking. O_O”


3. Harp Sponge (Chondrocladia Lyra)

Rather than an alien, this sponge looks like the harp’s strings or a candelabra. The branch like limbs has Velcro like hooks and spines that are used to snare their prey. Now the harp sponges are not like typical sponges in that they can capture larger prey like some copepods and small crustaceans. First they use their hooks to ensnare the prey then it would secrete a digestive membrane which engulfs the pray and break it down for it to absorb through its pores. Also, those balls you see at the top? Yea, those are literally balls, they contain sperm.

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