This unique-glow can be used to both attract prey and confuse predators. ANILAO, PHILIPPINES: THIS PHOTOGRAPHER dived sixty-five-feet below the surfac
This unique-glow can be used to both attract prey and confuse predators. ANILAO, PHILIPPINES: THIS PHOTOGRAPHER dived sixty-five-feet below the surface to capture some of the rarest creatures on earth - at one point coming within three-foot of the world?s DEADLIEST jellyfish, which can kill humans in a matter of minutes. In one image, an unlucky fish lay trapped inside the 10-foot long venomous box jellyfish which had begun to absorb its dinner. In another, an octopus? bioluminescence revealed its inner anatomy including its brain as it became transparent. Photographer, Andrey Shpatak (59), from Russia, was diving in Janao Bay in Anilao, Philippines, when he photographed these unusual deep-sea creatures. Diving 65-foot below the ocean?s surface, Andrey used a light to entice these bioluminescent creatures in. Bioluminescence is a result of a biological chemical reaction. Different species use this unique-glow in different ways. Some use a technique called ?counter-illumination? to shine a light elsewhere luring predators away. Other species flash to dazzle their prey. The box jellyfish is believed to be the most venomous marine animal in the world. Each tentacle is filled with poison darts and these have the potential to kill humans in a matter of minutes. Sea turtles are uniquely unaffected by the box jellyfish. / Andrey Shpatak
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