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July 15th, 2010, 05:29 AM
Ancient sea life discovered in Australia
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:43:56 GMT
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A deep-sea amphipod crustacean located by high-tech cameras
Australian scientists have discovered prehistoric sea life hundreds of kilometers below sea level with remote-control cameras at Osprey Reef.
In an unprecedented mission to document species threatened by ocean warming, scientists found ancient sharks, giant oil fish, swarms of crustaceans and a primitive shell-dwelling squid species called the Nautilus.
“Some of the creatures that we've seen we were sort of expecting, some of them we weren't expecting, and some of them we haven't identified yet,”' AFP quoted lead researcher Justin Marshall from the University of Queensland on Thursday.
Special low-light sensitive cameras trawled 1,400 meters below the Great Barrier Reef to help scientists with the discovery of several unidentified fish species, including prehistoric six-gilled sharks.
The astonishing creatures, which were captured by remote-control cameras at Osprey Reef, live in a dark world where the pressure is 140 times greater than on land.
Marshall said research has been speeded up because recent oil spills are affecting the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, and there is a growing threat to its biodiversity by the warming and acidification of the world's oceans.
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:43:56 GMT
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=134873§ionid=3510212
http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20100715/ahmadi-nastaran20100715091235860.jpg
A deep-sea amphipod crustacean located by high-tech cameras
Australian scientists have discovered prehistoric sea life hundreds of kilometers below sea level with remote-control cameras at Osprey Reef.
In an unprecedented mission to document species threatened by ocean warming, scientists found ancient sharks, giant oil fish, swarms of crustaceans and a primitive shell-dwelling squid species called the Nautilus.
“Some of the creatures that we've seen we were sort of expecting, some of them we weren't expecting, and some of them we haven't identified yet,”' AFP quoted lead researcher Justin Marshall from the University of Queensland on Thursday.
Special low-light sensitive cameras trawled 1,400 meters below the Great Barrier Reef to help scientists with the discovery of several unidentified fish species, including prehistoric six-gilled sharks.
The astonishing creatures, which were captured by remote-control cameras at Osprey Reef, live in a dark world where the pressure is 140 times greater than on land.
Marshall said research has been speeded up because recent oil spills are affecting the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, and there is a growing threat to its biodiversity by the warming and acidification of the world's oceans.