Jill's Pick from Around the World: Dwellers In The Abyss: Ugly, Monstrous Fish
The Iceland catshark, found off Greenland
Photo credit: darkroastedblend.com
From DarkRoastedBlend.com: "It's commonly said we know more about the surface of the moon than we know about what happens right here on our own planet, in that murky world at the bottom of the sea. And indeed, we have only explored less than 5 percent of our oceans (we have better maps of Mars than we do of the ocean floor!)"
"Here's a fun fact for you: did you know that you, an unprotected human being, can last for about two whole minutes in a vacuum — say on the surface of the moon? Here's another amusing bit of knowledge: did you also know that you, still just an unprotected homo sapiens, would last only the barest smidgen of a second before being totally, completely pulped by the crushing pressures at the bottom of the sea? Auguste Piccard, who made an adventurous trip in 1960 to the bottom of the Deep in his bathyscaphe, the Trieste, saw a few extreme creatures that managed to made that extreme environment their home."
"Here's a fun fact for you: did you know that you, an unprotected human being, can last for about two whole minutes in a vacuum — say on the surface of the moon? Here's another amusing bit of knowledge: did you also know that you, still just an unprotected homo sapiens, would last only the barest smidgen of a second before being totally, completely pulped by the crushing pressures at the bottom of the sea? Auguste Piccard, who made an adventurous trip in 1960 to the bottom of the Deep in his bathyscaphe, the Trieste, saw a few extreme creatures that managed to made that extreme environment their home."
To view previous Jill's Pick from Around the World stories follow these links:
- 8/27/10: Eat the Beetles (With Special Bug Recipes!)
- 7/30/10: Prozac Pollution Making Shrimp Reckless
- 7/22/10: Fisherman makes world record catfish catch
- 7/9/10: New Species of Toothed Whale Is Named for Moby Dick Author
- 6/30/10: Sharks Carrying Drug-Resistant "Bacterial Monsters"
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/2/2010 9:00 AM 
Categories: Jill's Pick from Around the World, Fish
Tags: snaggletooth fish angelfish catshark deep sea vampire squid Black Dragonfish Fangtooth Fish right barreleye fish
Categories: Jill's Pick from Around the World, Fish
Tags: snaggletooth fish angelfish catshark deep sea vampire squid Black Dragonfish Fangtooth Fish right barreleye fish
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