A Benthic Holothurian (Peniagone diaphana) from the mid Atlantic ridge, which was caught swimming above the sea floor
Posted on 07/12/2010 6:32:49 AM PDT by NYer
Oddly-shaped, brightly-coloured or even transparent these are some of the bizarre creatures that scientists did not even know existed until recently.
They are among a host of new animals that scientists have just uncovered in the hidden depths of the Atlantic Ocean during a new study which has 'revolutionised' thinking about deep-sea life.
Scientists believe they have discovered more than 10 new marine species by using the latest diving technology during the groundbreaking study.
A Benthic Holothurian (Peniagone diaphana) from the mid Atlantic ridge, which was caught swimming above the sea floor
A Polynoid Polychaete worm, caught at approximately 2,500m below sea level in the Atlantic Ocean during the new voyage
A group of creatures thought to be close to the missing evolutionary link between backboned and invertebrate animals are among those captured by the team on the MAR-ECO international research programme.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The southern purple enteropneust worm, left, which was found attached to seafloor by adhesive tentacles and a Hydromedusa caught at approximately 2,500m below sea level
A Basket Star - Euryalid Ophiuroid, which was caught at approximately 800m below sea level
A pale and transparent Holothurian, caught at approximately 2,500m below sea level
The pale red Acorn worm which was one of the deepest creatures found at 2,700m below sea level
“thought to be close to the missing evolutionary link between backboned and invertebrate animals”
By who? What a ridiculous statement! They always have to push a Darwinist angle with these stories, even though none exists.
Now for the all-important question concerning these -
Do they taste best deep fried with cocktail sauce or dipped in drawn butter?
Some of them there Acorn words live on dry land...
Yummy new creatures to add to my Frutti di Mare for Christmas Eve dinner!
Ping.
Do they taste best deep fried with cocktail sauce or dipped in drawn butter?
LOL, my thoughts exactly, but then, can you name anything that doesn't?
That first picture kinda looks like something I sneezed one time.
I’m sure someone has already tried them as sushi...
Amazing pictures-YET,
as the writer of Ecclesiastes says:
“And that which has been done, it is that which will be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9
Why does every single new creature that is found have to be a ‘missing link’ in the evolutionary tree or bush or whatever it is? Oh I know why, it is because they are wedded to the religion of evolutionism.
//can you name anything that doesn’t//
I would stay away from such land animals as armadillos and such, but I know you meant in the context of sea food and there are some nasty critters out there too.
What discovery? I had these for dinner last night. Not too filling, but very tasty!
I'd start looking in Congress for this.
Genesis 1:21
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Wasn’t that a Benthic Holothurian I saw in The Abyss?
Yes and Amen.
Reminds one of some of the Star Trek space creatures.
It’s sort of sad that Stephen J Gould, my contemporay before he died, could not see this.
His book Its A Wonderful Life detailing the story of the Burgess Shale and those who have dedicated to those fossils lives and careers, might be different as we learn more and more about similar critters alive and kicking.
Those photos are simply amazing.
That was a typo that never got fixed. It originally said, "And God saw that it was food."
The southern purple enteropneust worm, for example, resembles the Farpoint Station building material.
What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.
Ecc. 1:9
Isn't that the truth!!
Enjoy these beautiful images!
or, they shun the ignorance of the creationists
Unless it has fins and scales and you are Jewish...........
Daddy's got to pay the bills.
I’ve eaten armadillo. It’s like chewing rubber...................
Adam and Eve weren't Jewish.
Religions didn't even come along for millions (or billions) of years (or six days, if we are using the Jewish system).
Fantastic incredible creatures aren’t they!
"My dad says I don't have to learn this because I don't believe in it." -overheard in my high school biology class
I have had gator and snake, bleh. Now frog and turtle is really good (at least when I had it)
“I would stay away from such land animals as armadillos”
Good in Texas chilli!
If creation teaches us anything about the Creator--- and I think it does --- it proves that He is very powerful, very intelligent, and as regards humor, that He tends toward the bizarre ... :o}
Yes and amen.
Had to look this up: “Qoheleth’s book”
found this among other entries online:
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txs/ecclesia.htm,
I love His writing as well!
Nobody knows because when they are brought up to 1000 feet below sea level .... they explode !
Correction. The title is “Wonderful Life,” not “A Wonderful Life.”
and it’s a wonderful book.
and Gould was a Marixist and atheist.
Now that you mention it there isn’t much that doesn’t taste good prepared like that. (as my waist line will attest to...)
Marixist = Marxist.
sheesh
Between my library and my office I slightly disremembered.
The man was a liberal’s liberal.
He was though a real scholar who not only did his own work but poured through a Gargantuan amount of others work to fit in current and missing pieces.
Wonderful life may be the best of all
If you knew Sushi like I know Sushi...
OMG! I remember that film. It scared the beejeebees out of me. What was the name of the movie?
The movie is "The Invaders from Mars" and is available on DVD. My copy came with two endings: one for an American audience, and a second for an English audience. I think the English ending is tamer.
It made quite an impression on me when I first saw it in the late 50's/early 60's. It still is remarkable--quite surrealistic.
I always look at paths across sand covered fields with apprehension.
Well, just looking at a platypus shows us that God has a sense of humor!
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