Black seadevil
Black seadevil
Melanocetus
Habitat
They inhabit temperate oceans globally, often appearing near the surface during plankton blooms. Their movements are seasonal and poorly understood.
Quick Bio
Basking sharks are massive, slow-moving fish with pointed snouts and enormous gill slits that nearly encircle their heads. They are the second largest fish!
Diet
They filter-feed on plankton, swimming forward with their mouths wide open to strain food from the water.
Behavior
Basking sharks cruise slowly and steadily, often alone. When feeding, they may linger near the surface for long periods.
Fun Fact
Despite their size, basking sharks can leap completely out of the water, a behavior still not fully explained.
Vibe
Enormous, vacant-seeming, and profoundly gentle. Looks like a threat, behaves like a floating thought.
Quick Bio
Basking sharks are massive, slow-moving fish with pointed snouts and enormous gill slits that nearly encircle their heads. They are the second largest fish!
Habitat
They inhabit temperate oceans globally, often appearing near the surface during plankton blooms. Their movements are seasonal and poorly understood.
Diet
They filter-feed on plankton, swimming forward with their mouths wide open to strain food from the water.
Behavior
Basking sharks cruise slowly and steadily, often alone. When feeding, they may linger near the surface for long periods.
Fun Fact
Despite their size, basking sharks can leap completely out of the water, a behavior still not fully explained.
Vibe
Enormous, vacant-seeming, and profoundly gentle. Looks like a threat, behaves like a floating thought.
Quick Bio
Black seadevils are deep-sea anglerfish with large mouths, needle-like teeth, and a bioluminescent lure extending from the head. Females are vastly larger than males.
Habitat
They live in the deep ocean, often thousands of feet below the surface where sunlight does not reach.
Diet
They eat fish and invertebrates, using their glowing lure to attract prey in total darkness.
Behavior
Solitary and slow-moving, they rely on ambush rather than pursuit to capture food.
Fun Fact
Male seadevils permanently fuse to females, becoming a living sperm supply and losing most of their organs.
Vibe
Nightmare biology with ruthless efficiency.
Quiz time
What is the glowing lure used for?
What is the glowing lure used for?
What is the glowing lure used for?
