MARIANA TRENCH “THE DEEPEST POINT ON EARTH”

Romil Kharia

MARIANA TRENCH

The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres (1,580 miles) long. The pressure of the water is so great at depths below 1,000 meters that it would crush a regular submarine. All of the animals that live in the deep sea must contend with these incredible pressures

MARIANA TRENCH

LIFE IN MARIANA TRENCH

Many creatures like

1. Goblin Shark 2. Hatchetfish 3. Footballfish 4. Frilled shark 5. Dumbo Octopus 6. Hirondelleagigas7. Ping-Pong Tree Sponge and 8. Enypniastes etc.

Live in the mariana trench

GOBLIN SHARK

THE TERRIFYING GOBLIN SHARK MEASURES BETWEEN 8 AND 13 FEET AND WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1898. MALES CAN WEIGH UP TO 463 POUNDS.

HATCHET FISH

THE HATCHET FISH HAS SPECIAL ORGANS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THEIR OWN LIGHT. THEY CAN BE FOUND AT DEPTHS RANGING FROM 600 TO 4500 FEET, WHICH IS THE REASON THEY NEED HAVE SUCH PROTRUDING, SENSITIVE EYES.

FOOTBALL FISH

THE FOOTBALL FISH IS A FISH VAGUELY SHAPED LIKE A FOOTBALL (HOW CREATIVE). IT USES ITS BULBOUS LURE TO ATTRACT PREY BEFORE SNATCHING IT UP WITH ITS JAWS.  

FRILLED SHARK

THE FRILLED SHARK IS A PREHISTORIC BEAST WITH 300 TRIDENT-SHAPED TEETH NEATLY ALIGNED IN 25 ROWS. SCIENTISTS ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE FRILLED SHARK BREAKS THE RECORD FOR TAKING THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO GIVE BIRTH

DUMBO OCTOPUSTHE EAR-LIKE FINS OF THIS OCTOPUS HAVE EARNED IT THE NAME “DUMBO.” THE OCTOPUS LIVES AT EXTREME DEPTHS OF 10,000 TO 11,000 FEET, SEARCHING FOR WORMS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS AT THE SEAFLOOR. DUMBO OCTOPUS ARE ABOUT AS CUTE AS THE MARIANA TRENCH GETS.

HIRONDELLEAGIGAS

THESE PRAWN-LIKE CRUSTACEANS LIVE AS FAR DOWN AS IT GETS. UP TO TWO INCHES LONG, SWARMS ARE FOUND AT DEPTHS OF 30,000 FEET, WHERE FOOD IS QUITE LESS. SCIENTISTS FOUND THAT THEY INSTEAD FEAST ON TREE AND PLANT DEBRIS THAT OCCASIONALLY MAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM.

PING PONG TREE SPONGE

FOUND AT DEPTHS OF AROUND 9,000 FEET, THE PING-PONG TREE IS A CARNIVOROUS SPONGE THAT CAN GROW UP TO 20 INCHES IN HEIGHT. WHILE THEY MAY NOT LOOK DANGEROUS, THEY ARE COVERED IN TINY HAIR HOOKS WHICH CATCH ANY SMALL CREATURE PASSING BY. THEN, SLOWLY, CELLS IN THE SPONGE MOVE TOWARDS THE PREY AND DIGESTS .

ENYPNIASTES

ENYPNIASTES IS A DEEP SEA CUCUMBER WHICH LEAVES NOTHING TO THE IMAGINATION AND LIVES UP TO 16,400 FEET DOWN. THE RED AREA IS THE ANIMAL’S MOUTH. AROUND IT ARE TENTACLES, WHICH SCOOP UP AND EATS MUD FROM THE SEAFLOOR. AND THE BROWNISH PIPE IS IT’S INTESTINES