Many New Species Found Under Antarctica 173
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."
In case you didn't know (Score:1, Funny)
Great... (Score:3, Funny)
ANCIENTS (Score:5, Funny)
The Thing (Score:2, Funny)
Needs pictures (Score:4, Funny)
I mean, without a picture of that centimeter-in-diameter protozoan, how the hell am I supposed to imagine how it looks like, much less the more important facets of such a discovery... such as how does it taste?
Re:Anyone else worried after reading this? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:4, Funny)
Seek also the difference between "then" and "than"
Re:Amazing (Score:1, Funny)
My god -- it's full of geeks (Score:5, Funny)
My god -- it's full of geeks.
Elder Things? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:5, Funny)
Hey Great! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:some people really need to learn (Score:2, Funny)
I can attest to that.
I used to believe it would be the worst thing in the world. If it was forced upon me, I thought, I would surely die rather than submit to such a harsh and painful existence. How could I eat? How could I breathe? Both would come at significant hardship, all as my skin shrivelled and those few comforts I'd brought from my land-dwelling past rusted away.
Yes, I was someone who, like many, clung to the land desperately.
How silly that attitude seems to me now. The atmosphere is clogged with pollutants, the crops doused with carcinogens, the cities governed by rich men who guide the masses' efforts into their own purses.
This is what changed my attitude about life in the ocean, and that is what, I hope, will help you change yours.
Re:Amazing (Score:5, Funny)
But it would make much more sense to rapidly evaporate all of them, perhaps with a large scale hairdryer task force and/or a few strategically placed nukes.
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:2, Funny)
If it rhymes, it must be true (Score:5, Funny)
are octopuses, not octopi.
Attr. to Patricia T. O'Conner, as is the quote, "Octopi is for suckers".
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:3, Funny)
- some of the sheep
Thanks Terry Pratchett.
Re:If it rhymes, it must be true (Score:4, Funny)
aussie childhood, oh the memories... (Score:3, Funny)
'don't' walk on the grass without shoes'
'don't lean on the hedges'
'don't go near the lizards'
'don't dig in the garden'
and in Broadbeach
'don't play with the jellyfish'
'don't go in the sea without shoes'
Not that these rules worked especially well on me, I broke almost all of them on a reguler basis, and so did my friends. It's amazing Aussie kids survive to adulthood.
I came to england at 7, and was shocked to find kids running from pissy little spiders and bee's....
Re:shouldn't it be... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:3, Funny)
Steady on. You'll start a flamewar with the creationists.
What if a bunch of rabbits intelligently designed immunity?
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:i'm with you (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/about/fieldwork
The name they gave it is fine, but 'Sploork' seems like a better fit to me.
Re:Life census of the ocean? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh, that's easy. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Could they be harmful? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I get suspicious... (Score:2, Funny)