By now you’ve probably heard the phrase that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean. In fact, more humans have walked on the surface of the moon than have reached the deepest parts of the ocean floor (the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean). To be honest, only four descents have ever been achieved in this nearly 11 km deep hole in the ocean floor. Even to this day we don’t have exact measurements of its depth or what (if anything) actually lives at such depths. The secret lives of fish if you will. And why is this? Well, it may sound stupid, but for one thing, we can actually see the moon from Earth. Yes, at a very fundamental level, it is cheaper and simpler to study the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean. Galileo could easily examine the stars and map the surface of the moon. Examine underwater volcanoes and map the bottom of the ocean? Not so much. It’s simply a matter of accessibility.
These days, however, things are changing. There are more and more expeditions into the ocean’s depths and what they are bringing back can be quite interesting. These are 25 really deep insights into the lives of fish and other underwater creatures!
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Many lipsticks contains fish scales

Herrings talk to each other through their farts

There are several species of fish that change sex over the course of their lives

Greenland sharks eat polar bears and can live to be 200

Goldfish will lose their color if kept in dark rooms

One pufferfish has enough poison to kill 30 adults

Starfish don't have brains the way we do. Instead, they have a large mass of interconnected neurons throughout their bodies (distributed brains)

Fish can asphyxiate (drown) in water if it doesn't contain enough oxygen.

Sea anemones are not actually plants. They are animals that eat small fish

Scientists have discovered a jellyfish that could potentially be immortal (Turritopsis nutricula) because of its remarkable re-generational abilities

You remember how starfish didn't have brains? Well, they don't have blood either. Their "blood" is just filtered ocean water

Just like you and me, fish cough

Fish living in polluted lakes lose their sense of smell

Anglerfish mate by melting into each other and then sharing one body

Sardine is not actually a species of fish. This name is used for any number of small varieties of pickled fish from herrings to pilchards

NYU performed an experiment with a robotic fish. The fish was actually accepted by other fish and even became their leader!

The goliath tigerfish eats crocodiles

Hanako was a koi fish that lived for 225 years

The moon fish (opah) is the only fish that is known to be warm blooded

Some species, like the triggerfish, can swim backwards, but most cannot

Some fish have tastebuds on their fins

In spite of the fact that we have mentioned starfish several times in this article, they are not actually fish. And neither are jellyfish. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Seahorses, however, are fish. And they are the only fish that swim "upright"

Male emperor angelfish live in a group with up to 5 females. If the male dies, one of the females turns into a male and becomes the leader

Fish don't add new scales, their existing scales just increase in size
