How to look like marine animals, causing a smile (photo)
They remind people of cows, snails and even parrots.
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Ordinary horned boxfish
This fish lives in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It can be seen near coral reefs or in lagoons with calm waters.
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Ordinary horned boxfish grows more 40-46 cm in length. It is easy to recognize because of the unusual shape of the body and from the four “horns”. Novopodolsk two protuberances are placed on the head, another two under the tail. They serve the fish for protection — so it is more difficult to swallow.
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Young Kunovice usually swim in shoals, but the adults are extremely shy and live alone.
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
This species is related to sea horses. Features Phyllopteryx taeniolatus large number of spikes and ribbon-like appendages on the body. “Ribbons” help the fish hide among the seaweed.
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To see this wonderful creation, in the Indian ocean off the southern coast of Australia and in the Northern coast of Tasmania. Fish found on coral reefs at depths from 3 to 50 meters.
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The mantis shrimp
Preserved mantis shrimp is also called mantis shrimp. According to the structure of the legs, these creatures resemble a mantid. So they got their name. The first pair of legs helps cancers to navigate and experience. Pairs of legs from the second to the fifth — grasping. They cancer enough and holds prey.
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It is known that preserved mantis shrimp one of the most elaborate visual systems ever studied. People svetochuvstvitelen three types of cones in the eyes, and preserved mantis shrimp from their sixteen.
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Parrot fish
A family of parrot fish comprises about 10 genera and 100 species. Some fish reach 1.3 m in length. Fish-parrots in the tropical zone of the Pacific and Indian oceans.
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The name of fish received for the beak: jawbone with numerous tightly spaced teeth shaped like a parrot’s beak. In some species there are more and exposed fangs, they pose a danger to bathers.
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Tylodina perversa
This type of marine snail can not but cause a smile. The clam is “house”, but it is not calcium carbonate, but mostly from protein. Tylodina perversa lives in the North-East Atlantic including the British Isles and the Mediterranean sea.
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