Monterey researchers take first-ever known video of mysterious black seadevil

[WillParkinson]

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/11/22/monterey-researchers-take-first-ever-video-mysterious-black-seadevil/

A research team conducting a dive in Monterey Bay off the coast of California have captured first-ever video of a rarely-seen denizen of the deep called the black seadevil.

The creature was spotted this week in the dark, deep waters 1,900 feet below the surface by researchers with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

"We've been diving out here in the Monterey Canyon regularly for 25 years, and we've seen three," MBARI Senior Scientist Bruce Robinson told the San Jose Mercury News Friday.

Robinson said a luminescent "fishing pole" projecting from the anglerfish's head is a glowing lure to attract prey.

Robinson told the paper they captured the fish to study, but don't know how long it will survive.

<sigh>

[NYC_SKP]

1. Aptly Named!

[arcane1]

3. No sleep for me tonight!

It's a good thing they're so tiny!

Then again, that just allows me to imagine dozens of them swimming under the covers

[Iggo]

15. Did he say 9 centimeters?

That's fricken small, man!

[BlueJazz]

5. Be still my foolish heart. Hey...good lookin' . Seriously, I've seen some ugly sons-a-bitches...

..in my life but...
Having said that...it probably has a heart of gold. I think they latch on to a female and she eventually destroys it.

[NYC_SKP]

6. A familiar tale!

Yet, so far, I'm surviving.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. That is probably a female in the pic ...

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler

[BlueJazz]

9. Oh God..I remember this fish from when I was reading Scientific American Magazine.

I think I was about 9-10 and never saw women in quite the same way after that.

[shenmue]

2. Wow

I saw those in an X Box video game, a few years ago. That is neat!

[longship]

4. My wish is for sharks with frickin' LASERs on their heads.

(Never watched that flick, but I understand that this scene is a geek cultural icon.)

[jmowreader]

7. It'll survive until it gets a look at itself

[ffr]

10. A HuffPost link for those who cannot view anything FoxNews

Thanks Google!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/24/black-seadevil-video_n_6209694.html

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. so cool!

Thanks!!!

[rocktivity]

11. You're welcome.

rocktivity

[Hoppy]

12. Almost as ugly as Mitch the Turtle.

[Callmecrazy]

13. Definitely a face only a mother could love...

Much like my own.

[czarjak]

16. ??????

On the Ark?