just a thought

reading about (mostly) deep sea creatures makes me believe that many bad-but-fun media monsters could actually exist [assuming there were proper evolution conditions]

i mean, check those out:

fangtooth/tiger moray

sea pigs

gulper/pelican eels

deepstaria jelly

siphonophores

stomiidae fish

basket stars

telescope fish

climbing cave fish

grideye fish

lotta extinct species were funky too - gondwanasuchus, basilosaurus cetoides, some types of ammonites, gastric-brooding frogs (not in terms of looks, but in terms of breeding, wacky)