It’s a given that kids love dinosaurs. But there’s another group of critters that have the same kind of appeal — scary, exotic looks, strange names, and you won’t run into them in your back yard.

Deep sea creatures.

Another way they are similar to dinosaurs — and share the same sort of cache — is that we still know so little about their world.

Here’s a BBC article on the results of a recent deep sea trawl that has resulted in the discovery of some new species of fish and other creatures from the watery depths.