Animals don’t live inside of volcanoes, but they do live on the rocks on a volcano’s outer surface. No giant squid have been reported yet, but a large number of unique and strange-looking animals live near the seafloor. Tiny shrimp-like creatures, worms, sea cucumbers and fish live at the bottom of all oceans, and animals such as tube worms, sea anemones, rays, octopi, certain deep-sea fish and giant crabs are unique to hydrothermal vents areas on volcanoes. (Matt Schrenk) Which state has the longest Continental Shelf? California is the state with the longest continuous stretch of continental shelf, which is off the coast of the continent itself. However, states like Alaska have many more miles of coastline than California. (Matt Schrenk) Does the ocean lose a great deal of water when a trench is formed? If a trench suddenly forms a great deal of water does fill in the new volume created. However, the volume of the ocean is so great that the water filling in the trench is miniscule in