VIDEO: You’d Be Terrified If You Caught a Fish Like These Ones!

Do deep sea creatures scare you? They should. Although these days everyone is obsessed with zombies and aliens, some of the strangest and most terrifying creatures in the universe lie beneath the surface of the waves on our very own planet.

According to list25.com, in the pitch black depths of the ocean where the pressure can be dozens of times higher than at sea level you may very well find yourself running into one of these scary sea animals.

There are a lot of creatures hidden in the depths of the ocean that are just straight up terrifying and some of them could actually kill you if you met them.

It’s hard to make a list of which of them are the scariest and ugliest of them all, especially since new species keep appearing from the depths to freak us all out.

But the ones you will see in the video are some of the most horrendous ones discovered this far.

Although they are found at depths of nearly 2km, the Dragonfish actually starts its life at the surface of the ocean as a result of its egg being buoyant.

Like many other deep sea creatures, it eventually becomes capable of producing its own light using a method known as bioluminescence after which it descends to the depths.

One of its many light producing photophores can be found on a barbel attached to its lower jaw, which it most likely uses for hunting.

Termed a living fossil, this seldom seen shark, the frilled shark, inhabits the depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Scientists speculate that it captures its prey by bending its body and lunging forward like a snake while proceeding to swallow its victim whole.

With the largest eyes (proportionally speaking) of any animal in the world, this deep sea creature, the vampire squid, is born to live in the depths.

And no, it doesn’t suck blood, in fact its tentacles barely have suckers at all. The name actually comes from its intensely red eyes and cloak like webbing.

Seldom seen by human eyes, the giant squid has for centuries been a thing of legend. Dwelling deep beneath the waves its only real predator is the sperm whale.

In fact, the two are famous for their deep sea battles and their carcasses are often times found bearing the marks of mortal combat on their bodies.

Primarily found in the deep water off of Australia and New Zealand the blobfish lives at depths of over 1200 meters.

The pressure here is several dozen times higher than at the surface and as a result its body is little more than a gelatinous mass.

Unlike the other deep sea creatures on this list, the Isopod is permanently constrained to creeping along the bottom of the ocean, primarily the cold, dark waters of the North Atlantic and the Arctic Circle.

Not to be confused with the Chimera of Greek mythology, these creatures are also known as ghost sharks, and although they used to reside throughout the world’s oceans, today they are mostly confined to deep water.