Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Life in the Abyss

From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss”
by Claire Nouvian/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
lifted from the NY Times

Creatures living in the deepest darkest depths of the ocean have always been exciting to imagine. Then you find out they look like Aronzi Aronzo felt-imals. (see below). Check out the NY Times article here.From “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss”
by Claire Nouvian/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
lifted from the NY Times

2 comments:

Laura said...

One of my all-time favorite deep sea creatures is the Vampire Squid (the latin name is Vampyroteuthis infernalis, which literally means "Vampire Squid from Hell"). They are only a foot long including tentacles, but are really crazy looking. Awesome!

Anonymous said...

Has this inspired you to go the aquarium tomorrow?