Posted by admin | Posted in Deep Sea Animals | Posted on 27-02-2011-05-2008
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Australia: Great white sharks kill deep-sea diver
A deep-sea diver has been killed by sharks in a rare attack off southern Australia.
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Fossils Of 600 Million Year Old Worm-Like Animals Found
Scientists have discovered that a community of seaweeds and worm-like animals lived in a quiet deep-water niche under the sea about 600 million years ago near what is now Lantian, which is a small village in Anhul Province of South China. The scientists identified about 15 different species at the site, in addition to the ancient versions of algae and worms. The researchers said that the fossils …
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Posted by admin | Posted in Deep Sea Animals | Posted on 16-02-2011-05-2008
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Question by Matt C: How are deep sea animals able to withstand the tremendous water pressure in the ocean?
It takes special materials to assemble a deep sea diving vessel capable of holding against deep sea water pressure, yet organisms inhabiting this zone are able to do so naturally. I don’t understand the biological mechanism that allows this.
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Answer by Irv S
Think just a bit. ” It takes special materials to assemble a deep sea diving vessel”,
because that vessel must carry air at ‘surface’ pressures within it.
Deep sea animals are mostly non-compressible fluid, and don’t even ‘feel’
pressure changes at all.
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