New marine species discovered in Atlantic Ocean depths

[Evo]

Click on the right side of the picture to scroll through.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ea...-the-hidden-depths-of-the-Atlantic-Ocean.html

 

[lisab]

Great pix, I especially like the orange sea star.

But I wonder what the scale is. I can't tell if they're as small as my thumbnail, or as big as a bus.

 

[Evo]

Great pix, I especially like the orange sea star.

But I wonder what the scale is. I can't tell if they're as small as my thumbnail, or as big as a bus.

Excellent point. They should give sizes

 

[edward]

This link states that they are about 4 inches long. I wonder what they eat??

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/deep-seafloor-surprisingly-alive-discoveries-reveal-0323/

EDIT There is a sub link that states:

An odd explosion of wormlike creatures on the ocean floor off the coast of Ireland in the late 1990s had scientists puzzled over the cause. Now research suggests it can be explained by a shift in the food trickling down to the seafloor.

 

[Office_Shredder]

I'm pretty sure one of those is just a translucent dildo

 

[Loren Booda]

The trick may be in raising the creatures from the depths without causing them to explode.

 

[WiFO215]

I'd have expected one of these things to show up on my doorstep and say "We come from outerspace. Take me to your leader, Earthling".

 

[zomgwtf]

I'd have expected one of these things to show up on my doorstep and say "We come from outerspace. Take me to your leader, Earthling".

... I'd be careful what I said if I were you...

 

[leroyjenkens]

The trick may be in raising the creatures from the depths without causing them to explode.

Same way we go down there without imploding.

 

[Pythagorean]

Same way we go down there without imploding.

mobile pressure environment?