• Why don’t gulper eels get hungry?
  Food is scarce in the ocean depths, for no water plants and few ...

• What hunts with a luminous “worm”?
  Like other anglerfish, the deep-sea angler has a long, thin spine ...

• What brings an octopus out in spots?
  The bite of the blue-ringed octopus is deadly poisonous. Normally, ...

• How does a jellyfish sting?
  The long, trailing tentacles of jellyfish are armed with thousands of ...

• Which is the world’s most poisonous reptile?
  The bite of the yellow-bellied sea snake is 50 times more powerful ...

• Which poisonous fish do people eat?
  The entrails of the pufferfish contain a powerful poison. Yet other ...

• What sea creature can sting a person to death in four minutes?
  Jellyfish look fragile, but many species are armed with painful ...

• Which deadly fish looks like a toad?
  The toadfish is a poisonous fish that dwells on the sea-bed in warm ...

• What is the stingray’s secret weapon?
  Stingrays live and hunt on the ocean bottom. Their long, thin tails ...

• Which marine reptile is the biggest?
  The saltwater crocodile is the world's largest sea-going reptile. ...