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Angler fish
This has to be the scariest fish out there! It has a long spine out of the front of it which glows mildly to attract its prey. The angler sits in the dark and literally fishes for food, then goes into snap it up. Unfortunately the tank was circular so it was impossible to get a shot without any reflections but this was the best one ( you can see the rainbow-type reflection on the right hand side ).
This beast of a fish has made it to the flicker explore page :o) Got ranked 10 at its highest. Thanks to everyone who commented!
Over 10,000 views!! I would never have thought I would reach this for a photo :o) Thanks again everyone!
I recently went back and got another photo of this in black and white.
After visiting another aquarium I got this shot of a shark in a similar pose!
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kapowlollypops, Love.to.be.fuzzy[in pelo stat virtus], Tinke2006, AlexandraPhotos, and 393 other people added this photo to their favorites.
czd72 (64 months ago | reply)
wow.
foreveravalon (64 months ago | reply)
Holy God is that a real fish? Because I almost just PEED MY PANTS.
Jonathan J Mackintosh (64 months ago | reply)
OMG! ***is it real***???
maneeshks (64 months ago | reply)
I'm off fish from today. I don't want that thing coming for me because I ate someone he liked. :-)
Beautiful lighting and sharp focus.
Swamibu (64 months ago | reply)
Great teeth he could be an advert for toothpaste :p
bunen (64 months ago | reply)
Great motive.Unfortunately a little "Rainbow Mirror" on the right side.Crop??!
Very nice!!
Tri-X Pan (64 months ago | reply)
Make the bad fish go away!
Really great shot.
ElaCol (64 months ago | reply)
I wouldn't want to meet him on a dark night
jungl thomas (64 months ago | reply)
Oh my!
M3R (64 months ago | reply)
omg! no wonder it stays in the dark!
philhudson91 (64 months ago | reply)
Woow!
Candice (Bessie Smith) (64 months ago | reply)
Yikes! I'm not sure even a mother could love that face.
tiffany_odriscoll (64 months ago | reply)
should look up viper fish they are awesome too!
dougdesautels (64 months ago | reply)
great photo
Jumbo22 (63 months ago | reply)
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AlexandraPhotos (63 months ago | reply)
Oh my, that really is scary. Great shot
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Alex Hedger (63 months ago | reply)
Hi is this a live fish? I thought they only lived in the deep ocean is it in an aquarium? What a beast - great shot
charminbayurr (63 months ago | reply)
Hi Alex Hedger. You are correct, these fish only live in the very deepest oceans. This one was a dead one in an aquarium, but it is still an awesome sight!
ascenethroughmyeye (63 months ago | reply)
wow thats amazing and very scary
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hvhe1 (63 months ago | reply)
Jeeezzz!!! What a capture and what an animal!!! Looks alien! Great shot!!
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Purricity (63 months ago | reply)
O...MY GOD...AND YOU LIVED??! YOU STILL HAVE ALL YOUR LIMBS??!!! holy deep-sea fish, to come face to face with such a thing is beyond my imaginings. incredeliaie....llook at me, i can't even spell incredible!
ScottS101 (63 months ago | reply)
Great shot. Natures diversity exceeds our imagination.
True_Bavarian (63 months ago | reply)
very cute - uhm - no, not really :)
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Picture This1 . (63 months ago | reply)
That is an amazing fish Very scary looking I sure wouldnt want to swim in the water with it Great shot
Diogo Andrade (63 months ago | reply)
where is this tank? awesome!!!
The Love Crunch Company (63 months ago | reply)
Damn is this shit real? Very interesting.
An incomplete disaster [deleted] (62 months ago | reply)
Looks like something from the sci-fi channel!! Freaky but pretty damn cool! Nice conversation piece! Haha!
fabio c. favaloro (62 months ago | reply)
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Shayan (USA) (62 months ago | reply)
Holy cow - Can you imagine having this as sushi? Craaaazy....
*Que (62 months ago | reply)
There is a simularity to the monk fish eh...
your angle is amazing...well done for drama!
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jondeeley (62 months ago | reply)
wow what an ugly fish bet he is pissed looking at hiself all day
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KVBPhotos (62 months ago | reply)
....that photo literally made me jump in my chair when I saw it. I was looking the other way while the page loaded and this photo was the first thing i saw.
Lord. Ok, awake now! WIDE awake now, heh.
NICE shot. Where did you find this ugly fellow?
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~ Maxine ~ (62 months ago | reply)
Crikey!
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PuffinArt (61 months ago | reply)
Wow! In the thumbnail I thought it was some carnival mask :-)))
Oh my! He's really scary!
Still you got a great shot of it!
Jan Ronald Crans (61 months ago | reply)
What a "beauty" Congrats on explore.
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floaty clouds (61 months ago | reply)
I recognise this! It's at Tynemouth aquarium. You got a really good shot of it! I took www.flickr.com/photos/8474041@N06/513524392/ when I was there.
L’État c’est Moi (61 months ago | reply)
"Oh lunch" He seemed to say to me. Great shot. Show me where??
umbra photo (61 months ago | reply)
Yep, that's one handsome fish alright!
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Baruda (61 months ago | reply)
WooooooooooooW!
he's so great
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c@rljones (61 months ago | reply)
My goodness what a scary beast this is!! love it, you did well to capture it in so much detail behind the glass, cant' have been easy, well done.
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Eon C (60 months ago | reply)
whoa thats scary
Wickedlady (60 months ago | reply)
Those are the scariest freakin fish in the ocean!!
Hey i think there was one in Finding Nemo!!
Do you know if there are any aquariums in the world that have live specimens of this horrific beastie?
bookworm7 (60 months ago | reply)
a face only a mother could love...or not.
babka_babka (60 months ago | reply)
scary looking fish, well shot and great colours
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suprdaveg (59 months ago | reply)
That is one ugly fish!
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Pepe Araneda (59 months ago | reply)
Scary but amazing!
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