13. Vampire Squid
The vampire squid can survive at depths of more than 3000 feet, which is where the ocean hits the OMZ (the oxygen minimum zone). Few animals can survive at such depths, and the vampire squid can survive quite comfortably at such depths. Their blue blood carries oxygen better than other cephalopods, and rather than ink, it shoots “a sticky cloud of bio-luminescent mucus containing innumerable orbs of blue light.” More Twilight than Dracula, true, but sufficiently theatrical to keep even the most brooding of billionaires happy.
It pre-dates the dinosaurs and hasn’t really evolved since. It hasn’t needed to.
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