new japanese sea creature! :):):)

[coelacanth_M]

check out how fucking AWESOME this thing looks!

and bioluminescent!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/031105/241/5rp7f.html&e=10&ncid=1756

Picture released by Japan Marine Science and Technology Center shows a deep sea creature found 6,500 meters (10,000 feet) under water in the Japan Deep of the Pacific Ocean.(AFP-JIJI PRESS/HO)

WOWOWOWOW!

 

[minxnim]

is it smiling? because seriously it looks like it's smiling and waving. that's really cute.

 

[Firedwarf]

whoa, she's right!

 

[minxnim]

it makes me think of those glow worm toys i had when i was little that would light up a little when you hugged them.

 

[xfer]

it's like a tsuchinoko OF THE SEA!

 

[Demonspell]

It looks like a slug encased in neon.

 

[Veils_of_Cerpintaxt]

That's scary, it looks like it's charging up to explode.

 

[goatschool]

no it's a goddamn FISH.

 

[minxnim]

nick ...... wet blanket of sea creature fun

 

[AndICried]

So how big is it?

 

[IanDork107]

I was just wondering that myself.

 

[goatschool]

mia let us know how it tastes!

 

[IanDork107]

Picture released by Japan Marine Science and Technology Center shows a deep sea creature found 6,500 meters (10,000 feet) under water in the Japan Deep of the Pacific Ocean.(AFP-JIJI PRESS/HO)

I could be wrong, but I don't think 6,500 meters = 10,000 feet.

 

[FuSoYa]

Why is there no fucking article.

 

[FuSoYa]

yahoo seems to think this is some kind of fucking novelty photograph.

 

[FuSoYa]

"Look how pretty and weird! OK let's move on to more news about Dean's flag comment."

 

[goatschool]

more proof that the human mind is transfiguring toward a shape and density that is not unlike a rusted crowbar.

 

[FuSoYa]

Nick do you know if when scientists discover a new deep-sea creature, do they capture it and take it back with them? Or just have the submersible take photos?

I mean it seems obvious that they wouldn't be able to get it back to their lab alive, but at the same time I have a hard time imagining a curious scientist not wanting to capture the thing to study it fully.

 

[goatschool]

i was under the impression that they obtained a specimen, and not a living one

 

[FuSoYa]

That was totally out of the question to me.

"Dr. xfer".