March 2010
3 posts
Deep Sea Freak of the Week
Happy Friday! Today’s freak is the freaky Sea Spider. In Antarctica, they are said to grow ‘exceptionally large’, according to Some Guy Called Norbert From The Internet.
“Most pycnogonids or sea spiders are just 1-10mm long, but in Antarctica, they can grow to the size of a human hand. In the extreme cold, where metabolisms are slow and there are relatively few predators,...
Solar Powered Sea Freak of the Week
Today’s freak, is Elysia chlorotica, a species of green sea slug. Some facts about this freak:
It photosynthesises using genetic manner acquired from the algae it eats, turning sunlight into energy.
Young E. chlorotica, fed with algae for two weeks, can survive on sunlight for the rest of their year-long lives.
E. chlorotica are hermaphrodites.
When feeding, the slug “holds the...
Deep Sea Freak of the Week
It’s been so long between Deep Sea Freak of the Week emails that some of us have never even experienced one, and for this I humbly apologise.
Today’s freak, provided for the enhancement of your Friday afternoon, is a newly discovered species of deep sea worm.
Last year, researchers in the Gulf of Mexico lifted the creature from 990m below sea level, only to discover crude oil...
