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post Mar 2 2008, 06:11 PM
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A treasure trove of more than 700 new species has been uncovered in the dark depths of oceans surrounding Antarctica, researchers report.

Heart-shaped sea urchins, carnivorous sponges, and giant sea spiders the size of dinner plates are among the surprising discoveries brought up from the seafloor about 2,300 to 19,700 feet (700 to 6,000 meters) beneath the Antarctic waves.
"We were astonished by the enormous biodiversity we found in many groups of species," said study lead author Angelika Brandt, a marine biologist at the University of Hamburg in Germany.

"We used to think that, with decreasing nutrient and food availability, there might cause a decrease in biodiversity toward the Poles," Brandt said.

"There were a lot of species we hadn't seen before, because so little was known before we started," said study co-author Brigitte Ebbe, a marine biologist at the German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research in Willhelmshaven.

The research was part of the Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity Project, or ANDEEP. An international team of researchers from 14 organizations embarked on three ANDEEP expeditions between 2002 and 2005 on the German research vessel Polarstern in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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post Mar 3 2008, 02:58 AM
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It has to be said creatures in the ocean seem far more bizarre than those on land including insects.....


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post Mar 3 2008, 09:29 AM
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It has to be said creatures in the ocean seem far more bizarre than those on land including insects.....


Fen....I agree with you there......the adaptive capabilities of the animal world is amazing to me....and it shows us constantly how much we need to learn about life on earth.
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What I'd give to be one of those researchers seeing all that for the first time.
That must be very exciting.


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post Mar 3 2008, 10:09 AM
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I also agree w/ Fen. Every time I see a "creature" from the ocean it reminds me more of mythological creatures, aliens, or at times some outlandish fantasy more than any reality on land.
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post Mar 7 2008, 09:30 PM
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A treasure trove of more than 700 new species has been uncovered in the dark depths of oceans surrounding Antarctica, researchers report.

Heart-shaped sea urchins, ..


trilobite?

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post Mar 8 2008, 08:42 PM
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Trog,

I bet that is his great, great, great, great,... great,great,great,... great,great,great,... grandfather.
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Trog.....it does look like one.....and it looks even more like one of the trilobites ancesters.
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