Deep-Sea Creatures Captured Alive And Studied

techmaven writes: "A recent article on the NewsFactor network, 'Scientists Bring 'Em Back Alive from Ocean Depths,' reports that scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara were able to capture and bring back alive from the bottom of the ocean, several deep-sea creatures rarely seen by humans, much less studied. The creatures may provide answers to how animals can survive in a cold, dark, gaseous environment."

Comments

Very expensive fish tank?

[Atrahasis]

May provide answers to how creatures can survive at high temp and pressure? May?
They are the answer to how they can survive. The interesting thing will be whether they are a different evolutionary track, the origin of the evolutionary track we're on, or a different branch of the evolutionary track.
Its pretty cool to see a type of life that doesn't depend on sunlight for its energy source, though. Or entropy buffer.

Another point as well - will they make their mind up about USB or UCSB? Two different abbrev. in one article isn't clever.

Re:I'm still amazed

[b_pretender]

It would be really cool if they could bring back some giant squid while they were at it.

Come on. Wouldn't bringing back giant squid be enough? Do the squid actually have to be copulating in order to be really cool?

Free Them!

[Perdo]

Wouldn't you love to see PETA try to release them?

"We are keeping them in a 20-foot shipping container that has eight different pressure systems that provide 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch,"

PETA #1:Quik, Open that pressure door.

PETA #2:Are you sure? The sign says !DANGER!

PETA #1:Those stupid scientists are just trying to fool us into not freeing gia's little creatures!

PETA #2:Oh, alrighty the.... ***BOOM***