by Paddy Ryan
Mythical depictions of life under the ocean featured strange and sometimes grotesque beasts – extravagantly spotted or striped, some with fearsome fangs, some foreshortened, others of monstrous size. Today we know that these visions were not so fanciful: there are such creatures and more in the abyss, which still largely remains a mystery.
Main image: A humpback anglerfish
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