April 2010
3 posts
Deep Sea Freak of the Week
Super Nudibranch Frenzy Friday! Today’s Deep Sea Freak of the Week celebrates the nudibranch family of sea slugs. Nudibranches are hermaphroditic, largely carnivorous and often spectacular in appearance.
Vulnerable Deep Sea Freaks One of my snitches has informed me that me that a local resources services firm is doing work to facilitate the dredging of deep sea hydrothermal...
Deep Sea Freak of the Week
Italian and Danish scientists have discovered the first multicellcular deep sea freaks to live entirely without oxygen - a tiny new species called Loricifera. This raises hopes of encountering Off-Planet Freaks of the Week, in low or zero oxygen environments. (If Off-Planet Freaks are found, there will be a weekly mailout every Tuesday in their honour, so as not to displace Friday’s Deep...
March 2010
3 posts
Deep Sea Freak of the Week
Today’s freak, a Giant Isopod, was found attached to a robotic submersible at a depth of 8,500ft.
Giant Isopods are scavengers who feed on dead whales, fish and squid, and may also prey on slow moving sea cucumbers and sponges. Like [divisional name redacted -ed] staff at a quarterly function, when a significant source of food is encountered, giant isopods gorge themselves to the point...
