According to a report by the British "Daily Mail" on November 12, a photographer from Honduras recently caught a peculiar marine creature while diving under the sea near an island in the Caribbean Sea. This marine creature looks ugly and has rough skin. It uses fins as legs to walk and crawl on the bottom of the sea, which is jaw-dropping.
It is reported that Mickey Charteris (Mickey Charteris) photographed this rare creature while diving in the Roatan Strait, 65 kilometers from the northern coast of Honduras in early November. Mickey has been photographing and recording local marine life for many years. He said this sea beast is the strangest marine life he has ever seen.
In the picture, this marine creature with a rugged appearance like an oyster and horns like a unicorn on its head crawls slowly on the seabed with a few fins. It looks very ugly.
Chatteris said: "It walks slowly with its fins, looking for prey such as crabs and small fish, but if frightened, it can swim with its tail and escape quickly. It is like a cross between a brown sponge and a unicorn. "Z1z
50-year-old Chatress said that this strange creature is a short-nosed batfish with a horn on the top of the head between the eyes, and uses four fins to propel itself forward on the sea floor. It is one of the few fish that can walk on fins.
Chatteris is a marine species expert and author of the book "Caribbean Reef Creatures". He said that from above, the short-nosed batfish looks like a black wedge, but from below, its lips are red, which is a bit scary.
He added that this is a sight most divers will never see. It is very rare. It is only possible to encounter it when diving in silty straits with low visibility and shallow sandy flat seabeds. "If the average diver dives every day, he can find a short-nosed batfish on the reef every few years. I have heard of short-nosed batfish in that area, so I brought a camera to try to capture this creature. Take a photo. I found it once and I was very lucky!” Z1z
Chatteris also said, “Unlike most fish, the short-nosed batfish does not have a swim bladder. This gas-filled organ can make a lot of Fish have buoyancy when they are not swimming. Therefore, they must stay on the bottom of the sea and not be controlled by buoyancy. This also makes it easier for them to approach and attack their prey."
