“Rapier Wielding” Shark Among New Species Found in 2011
The predator has a long, tooth-studded snout that it uses like a sword, whipping the appendage through schools of fish and then returning to eat any casualties.
A scaly foot sea snail. The scales are covered with layers of pure pyrite and iron sulphide. Photograph: David Shale
Denizens of the Dragon Vent – in pictures
In the first expedition to explore and take samples from a deep-sea vent in the south-west Indian Ocean, remotely operated submarines spotted a range of extraordinary creatures living in the superheated water, some of them new to science
jstn:
This 15,000 pixel tall diagram gives a great sense of scale to the depths involved in modern oil drilling. Also: how amazing is it that we’ve been to the bottom of the Mariana Trench?
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reblololo:tutshie:luft2501:marekoromo:sizenote:
深海のタンポポ？
英語名がすごいww。
