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Christy

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posted July 01, 2003 23:38

I don't know if anyone's really heard about it.. but on Monday or so, some scientists have been finding some CRAZY new species of sea animals in the Tasman Sea (near Austrailia/ New Zealand.) They've been keeping a log and some photos and descriptions of what they have been finding, and its pretty damn interesting. Plus, the describe everything like a normal person would (with a hint of science), so it makes it much cooler to read.

http://www.oceans.gov.au/norfanz/

I love these deep-sea fish stories as much as I love Giant Squid stories. My personal favorite so far is the Jewel Squid just because they have "wonky eyes." I have no idea what "wonky" is, but it's my new favorite word! Wee!

--Christy

Edit: Animal pictures/ descriptions are in the Creature Feature section.

[ July 01, 2003: Message edited by: Christy ]

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k r i s t i n

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posted July 02, 2003 01:29

giant squid... did you hear about the COLLOSAL squid?

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PunkMunkey

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posted July 02, 2003 08:15

Cool!...some of those fish are hella funky looking...but I suppose living in the deepest depths of the ocean isn't any sort of beauty contest...

I love fish/oceanography/sea stuff...it's so interesting.

I'm not feeling eloquent today.

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melissa

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posted July 02, 2003 09:21

i used to have this great fascination with robert ballard (the oceanographer, he's the one that found the titanic) & his work...in his autobiography there are all these cool pictures of underwater lava formations and galapagos tube worms. very cool stuff.

the strange thing about my former obsession with all this ocean stuff is that i'm terrified of boats. swimming i'm okay with, and boating in enclosed areas (ponds, lakes) but get me out on open water and i flip out.

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Colonel Klink

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posted July 02, 2003 11:36

quote:
Originally posted by PunkMunkey:
Cool!...some of those fish are hella funky looking...but I suppose living in the deepest depths of the ocean isn't any sort of beauty contest...
I love fish/oceanography/sea stuff...it's so interesting.
I'm not feeling eloquent today.

I live in the deepest depth of my appartment and I can tel you, I'm not good looking. That's so a universal rule...

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murkybubble

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posted July 02, 2003 21:31

won·ky ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wngk)
adj. Chiefly British won·ki·er, won·ki·est

1. Shaky; feeble.
2. Wrong; awry.

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Christy

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posted July 02, 2003 23:56

Deep-sea fish are always the craziest looking ones. Especially the angular fishes with the crazy flashlight over it's head.

Daaavid. If you lived in the deepest depth of your apartment, you'd need to evolve and grow some crazy flashlight or have some wonky eyes or something.

Incidentally, there's this giant blob of either giant squid or whale blubber lying around in Chile.

--Christy

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