leppidio April 11th, 2008
I’ve been following the updates of the Antartica sea expedition by New Zealand scientists, and here are some photos taken by them.
Giant Sea Spider
Octopus
Sea Stars
Shrimp Like Creature
leppidio February 21st, 2008
Recently, scientists investigating the icy waters of Antartica have found gigantic sea spiders and some never seen before ocean creatures such glass tulips and giant worms.
The glass tulips are actually bizarre-looking creatures called tunicates, plankton-eating animals that resemble slender glass structures up to a yard tall “standing in fields like poppies said the researcher.
The giant worm, at 10 inches (250 mm) long and weighing 11 ounces (300 gm), is an example of a phenomenon called ”gigantism,” which scientists still do not fully understand. It is known that gigantism can be commonly found in the Antartic waters.
Giant sea spiders crawling all over, do see you them?
The video they shot is really out of this world, nothing ever seen before - experience life in an alien world and so beautiful.
Click here to watch the entire video footage from National Geographic.
