Incredible Photography of Fascinating Sea Creatures & A Little Bit About Them

4. Octopus

Octopuses have been found to have a very large brain, and recent research even shows that they have 10,000 genes more than humans!

5. Salp

The Salp is an enchanting creature – not only is it nearly fully transparent, it is also a self-propelling mechanism that gets everything from the water itself. Scientists also speculate its waste material might help obviate carbon dioxide from the ocean and atmosphere! The photo shows researchers Larry Madin and Kelly Rakow Sutherland looking at a Salp they are studying.

6. Cowry

Titled “shy little cowry”, this fascinating sea creature is a marine mollusc known as Calpurnus verrucous. It was pictured snacking on soft coral off the coast of Pulau Weh, Indonesia.