I apologize to everyone for the disturbing picture above but I can’t help it if that is what a Viperfish looks like. Doesn’t this fish look like something straight out of a horror movie. the Viperfish is also known as the Fangfish because of its well fangs.The viperfish is usually a dark silvery blue colour and only about 30 cm (12 inches) long. Don’t let the small size of this fish fool you though as it was designed to be a predator. In fact, the fangfish is one of the most fierce predators of the deep sea. So what do I mean when I say it was designed to be a predator? Well, I mean evolution built this fish to eat other fish. For starters, we will look at their teeth. The viperfish has a large mouth with very large and very sharp teeth. In fact, their teeth are so big that they don’t actually fit in their mouth. These fangs curve back and extend close to their eye. The viperfish will use these teeth by swimming at full speed towards their prey and simply impaling them with their fangs. cool right! (not for the fish)
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