𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲

Why are so many lanternfishes in the Arabian Sea?

Lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) are one of the most common and abundant families among the fishes living in the twilight zone and play a key ecological role in the pelagic ecosystems.

Here's my take on a vampire squid dressed up as Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula.

Here’s the twist: it doesn’t drink blood.

It lives in the dark, deep sea.

But Instead of hunting the living, it drifts silently through the deep, collecting “marine snow”, tiny flakes of dead plankton and detritus sinking from the surface.

I am all in a sea of wonders. 

Dracula, Bram Stoker

The vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis, it's name literally means “the vampire squid from hell.” 

Sounds like a Halloween nightmare, right?

So behind the Dracula cape hides not a monster, but a gentle recycler keeping the deep sea clean.

More about the squid:
www.mbari.org/animal/vampi...

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