19 Deep Sea Creatures That Legit Look Like Aliens, And I Am Never Going In The Ocean Again

    I'm never going exploring in the ocean.

    The ocean is probably one of the scariest places you can go exploring. As someone who is deathly afraid of the ocean, I can't even imagine what draws people toward it.

    There is a lot about the ocean that we have yet to discover. The deep sea is home to some of the strangest creatures. They look almost unreal. Here are the most unsettling pictures of these alien-like animals.

    1. Peacock Mantis Shrimp

    Rainbow mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus). New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea. Solomon sea.

    2. Ribbon Eel

    Ribbon eel in Indonesia

    3. Frilled Shark

    Frilled shark usually lives in waters of a depth of 600 meters and so it is very rare that this shark is found alive at sea-level

    4. Giant Isopod

    Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) in the Zoo Zoologischer Garten, Aquarium in Berlin

    5. Sea Angel

    A Sea Angel swims in its tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's new "Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean" exhibit in Monterey, Calif., on Monday, March 21, 2022

    6. Giant Squid

    The squid, which can be seven feet long and weigh up to 110 pounds, are highly aggressive, are thought by some to hunt in packs and can move at speeds up to 15 mph.

    7. Frogfish

    Yellow Spotted Frogfish in Bali, Indonesia

    8. Leafy Seadragon

    A Leafy Sea Dragon at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., on August 13, 2013.

    9. Blobfish

    Three blobfishes are shown next to each other out of the ocean

    10. Japanese Spider Crab

    A Japanese spider crab crawls past the replica of a whale skull in its tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's new "Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean" exhibit in Monterey, Calif., on Monday, March 21, 2022.

    11. Sea Nettles

    Pacific sea nettles swim at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, March 9, 2019.

    12. Venus Flytrap Anemone

    An image available on June 22 of three deepsea flytrap anemones captured by a Chinese scientific exploration vessel near Mariana Trench in West Pacific Ocean in 2019.

    13. Gulper Eel

    An image of the gulper eel

    14. Nudibranch

    Nudibranch in the waters of Sulawesi, Indonesia

    15. Christmas Tree Worm

    Blue Christmas Tree Worm at Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji.

    16. Anglerfish

    Short-spined Anglerfish, Lophius budegassa, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain

    17. Red-lipped Batfish

    RED LIPPED BATFISH, OGCOCEPHALUS DARWINI, Ecuador, South America, Galápagos, Galapagos, Island, Pacific Ocean

    18. Wolffish

    Atlantic wolffish in the water

    19. Fangtooth Fish

    This image shows a common fangtooth or ogrefish collected during 'Discovery Investigations II 1926-7', circa 1926.