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Many New Species Found Under Antarctica

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the natures-basement dept.

gt_mattex writes to tell us The Globe and Mail is reporting that quite a few new species have been found in the ocean beneath the Antarctic ice. From the article: "It is too early to say exactly how many new species were discovered in the Antarctic, many in the Weddell Sea, where ice crushed the ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton in 1915. The scientists saw more strange creatures than familiar ones, says Ron O'Dor, an expert in octopuses and squid from Halifax's Dalhousie University and the chief scientist in charge of producing the first marine life census of the planet by 2010."

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  1. Re:Amazing by LiquidMind · · Score: 5, Interesting

    i've been thinking about that too, especially about the life that resides at the bottom of our oceans....
    how interesting (and suicidal, but bear with me) would it be to somehow drain all the oceans of water just to see what's left over...

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  2. i'm with you by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Interesting

    take the common wood louse, that you can find under any rock in any forest

    now, blow it up a thousand fold in size

    there you go, running around the ocean floor

    amazing indeed

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    1. Re:i'm with you by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 4, Interesting
      I knew I'd see some of these. For any slashdotters who want to see a FASCINATING and beautifully produced BBC documentary on this, I recommend episode 2 "The Deep" from their award-winning "The Blue Planet" series. Here's a direct .torrent link.

      BBC The Blue Planet: The Deep .torrent

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  3. Re:Let me get in my boat before you start research by PrinceOfStorms · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And for those who don't even get the "NGE" reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangeli on_glossary#Second_Impact.

    (And yes, I had to look it up myself.)