Deepest living fish ever filmed. Story @BBC News… . It’s exciting to me to imagine what we might find in 10, 20 or 50 years… remember that movie “The Abyss”…?!
“The “deepest ever” living fish have been discovered, scientists believe.
A UK-Japan team found the 17-strong shoal at depths of 7.7km (4.8 miles) in the Japan Trench in the Pacific - and captured the deep sea animals on film.
The scientists have been using remote-operated landers designed to withstand immense pressures to comb the world’s deepest depths for marine life.
Monty Priede from the University of Aberdeen said the 30cm-long (12in), deep-sea fish were surprisingly “cute”. “
jeffry r. johnston
says:
Cute, perhaps. To me they look mushy.
Thanks for sharing your find!
Oct 07, 2008, 4:02 pmadmin
says:
lol @ mushy. i wonder if they are actually pretty mushy, bodies must be designed to handle the immense pressure @ ~5 miles under…?
Oct 07, 2008, 8:40 amNew Aquarium Blog
says:
Your title describes it all really !!! haha
“surprisingly cute” !!!
Oct 07, 2008, 8:40 pm