Popular Post Claire. Posted June 16, 2017 Popular Post #1 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Bizarre new deep-sea creatures discovered off Australian coast Faceless fish, giant sea spiders and blobby sea pigs. These are just some of the weird creatures that have been uncovered during the first-ever deep-sea expedition along the east coast of Australia. The discoveries were made by an international team of scientists aboard the research ship Investigator, which is owned by Australia’s Marine National Facility. The ship set sail from Launceston, Tasmania on May 15 and reached its final destination in Brisbane, Queensland today. Read more: New Scientist 10 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted June 16, 2017 Author #2 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Here's the accompanying video in the event anyone has difficulty accessing it from the article: 7 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebDandelion Posted June 17, 2017 #3 Share Posted June 17, 2017 The sea has always held a mystery, IMO, there are so many areas that we haven't explored, so many areas we can't explore (yet),, and an abundance of.life that we do not.know about. Awesome read thank you 6 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted June 21, 2017 #4 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Blobfish are my favorite. Such happiness! I can't believe that they found the 'Trump Blobfish' so far from home: Amazing! Sad about the rubbish though... 6 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_V_Spirit Posted June 21, 2017 #5 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My favorite among them is the cookie-cutter shark. looks cute, happy, and savage at the same time! 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripGun Posted June 22, 2017 #6 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Imagine the monsters at the center of the Earth! 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted June 22, 2017 #7 Share Posted June 22, 2017 7 hours ago, TripGun said: Imagine the monsters at the center of the Earth! Oh yes, all of those iron-nickel alloy monsters. A nasty bunch indeed. Here's a rare photo of one: 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniwha Posted June 23, 2017 #8 Share Posted June 23, 2017 No doubts the bottom of the deep is the best place for those. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted June 23, 2017 #9 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I hope they found more than one of each before taking the "specimens" Where's the USRN Seaview when she's needed. 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluey Posted July 23, 2017 #10 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I have seen people world wide......and only an Australian knew what it was,lol....... http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/researchers-find-penisesque-sea-creature-in-ocean-off-australia/news-story/586b53e04c65860b755da24f25507e28 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluey Posted July 23, 2017 #11 Share Posted July 23, 2017 On 6/21/2017 at 9:55 PM, Timonthy said: Blobfish are my favorite. Such happiness! I can't believe that they found the 'Trump Blobfish' so far from home: Amazing! Sad about the rubbish though... wt.....oh my....... 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted July 24, 2017 #12 Share Posted July 24, 2017 On 6/21/2017 at 3:20 PM, The_V_Spirit said: My favorite among them is the cookie-cutter shark. looks cute, happy, and savage at the same time! Glad you didn't pick the sipuncula worm. Pretty cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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