the Giant-Isopod

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The strange-looking deep sea creature known as the Blobfish

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dumbo octopus

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Fangtooth fish

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Sea Worm

This little fella is an Annelid Worm found at a deep-sea vent.

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Deep-sea glass squid

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In September 2004, off the shores of Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, local scientists captured the first ever recorded images of a live Giant Squid (Architeuthis). Scientists used Sperm Whales, known predators of the giant squid, as their guides for pinpointing areas where the giant squid may reside. Previously, scientists have only been able to study carcasses of giant squids that washed up on shore or were caught by fishermen.

Scientists attracted the 25 feet (8 meters) long Cephalopod with a baited fishing line at depth 2,950 feet (900 meters). Along with a tentacle that was severed during the squids fight to free itself from the line the sequence of images offer a great deal of information on the behaviour of these behemoths. According to scientists if the tentacle was not severed at the base, as they believe, the squid could have been significantly longer than estimated

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Norwegian scientists have discovered a "treasure trove" of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that roamed the seas at the time of the dinosaurs. The 150 million-year-old fossils were uncovered on the Arctic island chain of Svalbard - about halfway between Norway and the North Pole. The finds belong to two groups of extinct marine reptiles - the plesiosaurs and the ichthyosaurs. One skeleton has been nicknamed The Monster because of its enormous size. These animals were the top predators living in what was then a relatively cool, deep sea.

Artist's interpretation of "The Monster" catching a smaller plesiosaur.


Palaeontologists from the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum discovered the fossils during fieldwork in a remote part of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. Jorn Harald Hurum, co-director of the dig, said he was taken aback by the sheer density of fossil remains in one area. "You can't walk for more than 100m without finding a skeleton. That's amazing anywhere in the world," he told BBC News. Dave Martill, a palaeontologist at the University of Portsmouth said: "These sites are very unusual. To find that many individuals is a remarkable thing - that's a bonanza."

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Got a pic of Nessie? ;)

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It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .

Got a pic of Nessie? ;)

I thought I would leave that up to you!! ;O)

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Birdbeak dogfish

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Artist rendition of a prehistoric deep sea creature

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Deep Sea Fish Spiny King Crab

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Staff at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium were amazed when local fisherman Jeff Brown of 'Northern Lights' brought in the mutant crab - named Claudette - after hauling her up in one of his pots approx three miles off Portreath .

As well as a normal pair of fully functional pincers, the 20cm long edible crab also has a third set growing above her right claw.

Curator Matt Slater said: "It's rare to find crustaceans with extra claws and I can only suppose that it must have been caused by some kind of mutation.

"Crabs, like other crustaceans, are capable of re-growing limbs and claws if they lose or damage them in a fight.

"The most likely cause is that somehow Claudette's ability to re-generate lost limbs has got confused and, rather than replacing a missing set of claws, she's actually ended up growing an extra pair instead.


deep sea crab website

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Deep-sea glass squid

Apparently, one must have permission to view this particular image?

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