{"id":43630,"date":"2023-11-02T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/?p=43630"},"modified":"2023-11-02T18:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:58:56","slug":"rare-footage-capturing-bizarre-sea-devil-fish-walking-1225-feet-below-ocean-surface-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/world-news\/rare-footage-capturing-bizarre-sea-devil-fish-walking-1225-feet-below-ocean-surface-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare footage capturing bizarre 'sea devil' fish 'walking' 1,225 feet below ocean surface | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
RESEARCHERS have shared stunning footage of a goosefish walking along the bottom of the ocean.<\/p>\n
Filmed 1,225 feet beneath the ocean surface, the footage shows the goosefish strolling along the seafloor using its fins. <\/p>\n
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The video then shows the "sea devil" turning its head and directing its spooky eyes straight at the camera.<\/p>\n
Researchers captured the rare video of the goosefish, also known as "Lophiidae," on October 9th in the Galapagos Islands.<\/p>\n
It was filmed as part of an expedition directed by the\u00a0Schmidt Ocean Institute\u00a0in collaboration with\u00a0Parque Nacional Gal\u00e1pagos\u00a0and the\u00a0Charles Darwin Foundation.<\/p>\n
The expedition is hoping to map the vertical reefs of the Galapagos Islands, which are located about 1,000 km from continental Ecuador.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goosefishes are anglerfishes that are found throughout the world's oceans, including the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.<\/p>\n
They tend to inhabit the sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental shelf and continental slope.<\/p>\n
In terms of physical features, they have a very large head with a large mouth filled with long, sharp, and recurved teeth. <\/p>\n
Like other anglerfishes, the first spine of the spinous dorsal fin bears a bulb-like lure.<\/p>\n
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