About half of the aquatic animals found deep below the ocean glow. Why?
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Answer:
A whopping 76 percent of ocean animals are bioluminescent, which means they produce their own light through a series of chemical reactions or host bacteria that do.
For the creatures that glow because of chemical reactions within their bodies, the source of their wonderful glow is thanks to two substances called luciferin and luciferase. When these two substances combine to form a light-emitting compound.
Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep sea fishes include the flashlight fish, cookiecutter shark, bristlemouths, anglerfish, viperfish, and some species of eelpout.
Answer:
Because they live in water.
Explanation:
They like to swim underwater thats why they are found below the ocean.