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The MAR-ECO program strives to learn more about pelagic fishes, such as this anglerfish. Credit: Harbor Branch/E.Widder

From a separate study, a newfound deep-sea relative of the jellyfish, called an Erenna, flashes glowing red lights on twitching, stinging tentacles to lure fish to their deaths more than a mile below the surface. Credit: Casey Dunn

Tracey Sutton holding one of the largest anglerfishes ever collected. Credit: Harbor Branch

1 posted on 03/07/2006 9:08:51 AM PST by GreenFreeper
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To: blam; Carry_Okie; Chanticleer; ClearCase_guy; cogitator; CollegeRepublican; ...
ECO-PING

FReepmail me to be added or removed to the ECO-PING list!

I want to study the secret sex lives of fish....

2 posted on 03/07/2006 9:11:36 AM PST by GreenFreeper (Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress)
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To: GreenFreeper

Now we know..........

3 posted on 03/07/2006 9:13:24 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: GreenFreeper

Are they good eatin'?


4 posted on 03/07/2006 9:15:10 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: GreenFreeper

Dang! That there ain't no fish. That there is one a' them space aliens. I'm skeered.


5 posted on 03/07/2006 9:20:55 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: PatrickHenry

Ping?


7 posted on 03/07/2006 9:23:58 AM PST by JTN ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
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To: GreenFreeper

I, for one, welcome our new Overlords.


8 posted on 03/07/2006 9:26:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (E)
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To: GreenFreeper

So like when are they going to discover giant sea serpents and Nessies???

parsy, the anxious.


10 posted on 03/07/2006 9:29:28 AM PST by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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To: GreenFreeper
This just in:

From deep, deep, deep below the ocean surface, where 100% of the light of truth is blocked...>

11 posted on 03/07/2006 9:32:43 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (outside a good dog, a book is your best friend. inside a dog it's too dark to read)
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To: GreenFreeper

Where is the obligatory photo of Ted Kennedy?


14 posted on 03/07/2006 9:40:43 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: GreenFreeper

Geez, man... these poor fish were just heading for a nice dark place to get it on, and we have to go down with searchlights and peek at them. How rude!


16 posted on 03/07/2006 10:15:36 AM PST by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: GreenFreeper
Tracey Sutton holding one of the largest anglerfishes ever collected killed
19 posted on 03/07/2006 10:35:13 AM PST by tx_eggman (Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
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