22 Silly Undersea Snapshots That Prove the Ocean is a Fundamentally Unserious Place

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Dec 13, 2024 5:00 AM EST

There's a lot about the ocean that's intimidating. Raw, powerful waves combine with the deep, mysterious trenches to cloud our judgment as we approach the seashore, tricking humanity into thinking the ocean is spooky and dangerous. While that may be a wee-bit true, the sea is also quite silly. Let me show you what I mean…

This here is a whitemargin unicornfish–aptly named for, well... That perplexingly goofy feature between his eyes. Scouring the reefs for his next lil grassy meal, this funny-looking fish is nothing short of fintastic. Nothing scary about him apart from his oddly human disposition.

THESE are the kinds of critters that lurk beyond the sea foam. Sure, there are sharks, scary angler fish, and pods of orcas–but there are also derpy lil guys on the Caribbean coastlines, the coral reefs, the sea forests, and even those darkly misunderstood trenches. Gather 'round my fellow seafarers, because beyond the great beyond lie some critters stuck in their goofball era that prove that the ocean is a fundamentally unserious place.

Nothing to fear here!

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