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Sharklike Fish With Weird, Buzz-Saw Jaws Sliced Through the Seas, Then Vanished. Now, Paleontologists Are Unraveling Their Secrets

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

This Bizarre Fish Has a Hole in Its Head. The Creature Might Use It Like a Drum to Rock Out

The rockhead, or deep-pitted, poacher may use its ribs to beat the inside of its head cavity to communicate with other ...
Discover Wildlife

There's a weird fish in Washington with a huge hole in its head. Scientists think they've figured out why

Researchers studying rockhead poachers from Deadman Bay think they may have solved the mystery of the fish's odd bowl-shaped ...
AOL

Meet the World’s Strangest Fish That Look Too Weird to Be Real

At first glance, the blobfish, also known as a flathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus), looks like a pinkish, gelatinous blob with a droopy mouth and a sagging nose. It looks even worse when it is ...
Travel Mexico Solo on MSN

These are the 50 weirdest animals in the world — and your jaw will be on the floor after seeing some of them

Wondering about the weirdest animals in the world? We've listed the Top 31 here — including the axolotl, aye-aye, blobfish, ...
AZ Animals on MSN

These Rare Deep-Sea Creatures Are the Stuff of Nightmares

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...
KTVU

VIDEO: Massive and strange fish stranded along Florida coast. What is Mola Mola fish?

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said it recently helped to rescue a strange fish that swam too close to shore and got stuck in shallow water. Deputies said they identified the fish as a Mola Mola, ...
Joey Slay Em on MSN

Strange fish discovered under dock | Rare or released pet?

While exploring under a dock, I discovered a mystery fish that looks like it belongs in an aquarium but I’ve never seen ...