We’ve lived all our lives on land, with only swimming qualifying as underwater time. But even that is mostly bobbing your head up and down and splashing our arms like a wild prisoner. You could travel the world, dangle from a great height, cycle across Amsterdam but your bucket list lacks one thing and that is spotting at least 3 of these magnificent underwater creature and the pictures will show you why.
1. Bio fluorescent Eels
Fun Fact: They come out to mate during full moon nights
Where to go to spot one:Â Cayman Island in the Caribbean.
2. Bio fluorescent Seahorse
Fun Fact: They have way better eyesight than us and have the ability to look ahead and behind at the same time.
Where to go to spot one: Solomon Islands
3. Bio fluorescent Stingray
Fun Fact: This is the closest to a shark you would want to get on your bucket list.
Where to go to spot one:Â Cayman Island in the Caribbean.
4. Bio fluorescent Swell Shark
Fun Fact: Incase you want to be adventurous. These babies can gulp down water and blow up to twice their size and wedge themselves under a rock when they feel threatened.
Where to go to spot one:Â Solomon Islands
5. Bio fluorescent Sea Turtle
Fun Fact: One of Earth’s most ancient creatures.
Where to go to spot one:Â Solomon Islands
6. Sunfish
Fun Fact: They can weigh more than your SUVs and they were an accepted as a means of tax payment in 17th century Japan.
Where to go to spot one: Bali, Indonesia
7. Narwhal
Fun Fact:Â Their tusk is actually their front left tooth which can grow to be as long as 10 feet.
Where to go to spot one: Off the coast of Canada.
8. Roughback batfish
Fun Fact: The pouting pro that looks like the perfect shade of red lip color you ever wanted.
Where to go to spot one: North Carolina, USA
9. Dumbo Octopus
Fun Fact: They get their name from their large elephant like ears, which sort of look like Dumbo the Disney Elephant’s ears.
Where to go to spot one: Oregon, USA.
10. Vampire Squid
Fun Fact: These babies don’t shoot ink like normal squids but shoot mucus instead and they have the ability to turn themselves inside out when they feel threatened.
Where to go to spot one:Â Monterey Bay, California
11. Jeweled Umbrella Squid
Fun Fact: They light up like a Christmas tree. Quite literally.
Where to go to spot one: North Atlantic Ocean.
12. Napolean Wrasse
Fun Fact: This fish lives for 50 years with it’s thick, beautiful jutting lips.
Where to go to spot one: Australia
13. Flying Fish
Fun Fact: Their fins turn into wings and give them the ability to fly 4 feet above the water surface.
Where to go to spot one: Barbados in the Caribbean
14. Yeti Crab
Fun Fact: They grow their own food in their hair, so cultivating.
Where to go to spot one: Antarctica