th comments
Martin said: "I love Greenpace. Negative advertising however is old school. When you tell the child, "Don't spill the miik" the child's brain first pictures sp..." [read]

tom_thinks said: "I was psyched when I saw this headline, as i'm pretty broke right now, but i'm a bit disappointed after reading the article. I spent about $2-3/mon..." [read]

Matt said: "Bristle at the aesthetics if you want, but more milk from fewer cows means less manure (e.g. nitrates) eutrophying water ways and less grain that h..." [read]

Brian Clark said: "According to the following: "many car makers are doing R&D.....We'll have to wait and see." It will never happen!!! ...unle..." [read]

Ben said: "There is a good reason most of these early industrial engine designs never took off. Not all good ideas can jump through the technical hoops that ..." [read]

More Weird Beasties Discovered on Deep Sea "Mountain Range"

by Jeremy Elton Jacquot, Los Angeles on 08.23.07
Science & Technology

glass squid

Over the course of a five-week expedition, an international team of 31 scientists — led by the University of Aberdeen's Monty Priede — found a plethora of new and rare species on a deep-sea mountain range near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Some of the more exciting discoveries included a glass squid (seen above), a seed shrimp (new to science) and a "spiral poo worm" (really, that's its name) — known for depositing spiral-shaped feces, some of which have been found in fossils dating back hundreds of millions of years.

Using remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs), the scientists were able to observe organisms living at depths of up to 11,500 ft (about 3,500 meters). This region had previously been virtually unexplored — because of its remoteness and depth — even though, according to Priede, its area is "roughly equivalent in size to the European Alps and is one of the largest areas of habitat available in the ocean." The researchers brought back several thousand specimens for analysis and left 6 automatic observing stations behind to provide a constant stream of data and photos over the next 2 years.

Via ::National Geographic News: Weird Creatures Found on Deep-Sea "Mountain Range" (news website)

See also: ::Aliens of the Deep, ::Searching for New Life in the Ocean Depths

Comments (2)

First I would like to say findings like this a super exciting, and I am constantly fascinated by the new discoveries we find on our own planet.
But, the main thing i want to say - and maybe just because i am a mother of three - but the squid in the pic looks perfect for a cartoon character... I'm not a biologist, so i am looking with the eyes of a cartoon watcher, but it appears to have a little body, with big eyes surrounded by it's little bubble...

jump to top liz clary says:

I agree. Plus it's cross eyed.

jump to top Pat says:

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

th ads
th top picks
th ads