Giant sea creatures found in Antarctic search (CNN)

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish.

A 2,000-mile journey through the Ross Sea that ended Thursday has also potentially turned up several new species, including as many as eight new molluscs.

It's "exciting when you come across a new species," said Chris Jones, a fisheries scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "All the fish people go nuts about that -- but you have to take it with a grain of salt."

The finds must still be reviewed by experts to determine if they are in fact new, said Stu Hanchet, a fisheries scientist at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

But beyond the discovery of new species, scientists said the survey, the most comprehensive to date in the Ross Sea, turned up other surprises.


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more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/21/antarctic.search.ap/index.html

Soon to be bottom trawled, no doubt ... look for them at Red Lobster!

[fascisthunter]

1. That's Pretty Cool...

This planet is truly amazing.

[MnFats]

2. let's hope they manage to survive as their home warms up...

...you gotta wonder how many extinct species are down there, too.
but yea, it's amazing when they come up wit this....

[Muttocracy]

3. neat! I wish we spent less in space and more at the bottom of the ocean nt

[semillama]

4. Cthulhu! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!! n/t