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Arctic Ocean Survey May Reveal Lost World

Posted by Hemos on from the and-nessie-will-be-there dept.

core plexus writes " A new survey of the depths of the ice-capped Arctic Ocean as reported at Reuters, BBC, and others, could reveal a lost world of living fossils and exotic new species from jellyfish to giant squid, scientists said on Thursday. They speculated that Arctic waters might hide creatures known only from fossils, such as trilobites that flourished 300 million years ago. The international scheme will include probing a 12,470-foot abyss off Canada described by project leaders as the "world's oldest sea water -- a vast, still pool unstirred for millennia, walled by steep ridges and lidded with ice." Bring on the "Jurassic Park" references."

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  1. obviously by ch-chuck · · Score: 0, Troll

    this 300 million year old climate change could only have come from Halliburton's secret time machine, designed Dick Cheney for vast personal profit. All those species wiped out by corporate greed.

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  2. This Sounds Suspiciously... by Greyfox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Like the plotline to Alien vs. Predator... No don't go! It's a trap!

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  3. Re:pandora's box? by C32 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, it'll be exactly like that time a human got a virus from a fish.. Oh Wait.. That never happened.
    Moron.

  4. Re:They will find death. by GISGEOLOGYGEEK · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok dumbasses!

    How exactly is it Trolling, when I pointed out that there has been a huge amount of ecological destruction due to the bastards that ran the nuclear energy program of the former soviet union?

    huh? huh? how is that trolling!

    dumbasses!

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