New creatures found

[allinking17]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090118...rmingaustralia

My major was biology so this is of profound interest to me. Check out the pic of the new squirt they found

SYDNEY (AFP) – Scientists said Sunday they had uncovered new marine animals in their search of previously unexplored Australian waters, along with a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders.

A joint US-Australian team spent a month in deep waters off the coast of the southern island of Tasmania to "search for life deeper than any previous voyage in Australian waters," lead researcher Ron Thresher said.

What they found were not only species new to science -- including previously undescribed soft corals -- but fresh indications of global warming's threat to the country's unique marine life.

"Our sampling documented the deepest known Australian fauna, including a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt, sea spiders and giant sponges, and previously unknown marine communities dominated by gooseneck barnacles and millions of round, purple-spotted sea anemones," Thresher said.

Using a submersible car-sized robot named Jason, the team explored a rift in the earth's crust known as the Tasman Fracture Zone, a sheer two kilometre (1.24 mile) drop to 4,000 metres (13,200 feet) below the ocean's

[twenty47]

lol, that looks like a used product rather than a sea creature....

[Lilred36]

Man that is cool,there always finding new stuff pretty cool man.

[BADBEATCHAMP]

that is pretty sweet and thats really just the beggining. i mean we know more about the moon and other planets than the one we live on. think about if we spent just as much time and money that we use on other planets on our own planet we would of already found so many more creatures and plants. i only know this cause i love to watch the History channel. LMAO