Just when you think you've seen everything.

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http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_slide01.jpg

SUBMARINERS Dumbo octopus from the Monterey Bays floor.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_bigmouth.jpg

A fanfin seadevil.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_bluecube.jpg

A Ping-Pong tree sponge.

Hold on to your hats:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_redmouth.jpg

An as yet unidentified species.

and now

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_eye.jpg

A Dumbo octopus.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_long.jpg

A Marrus orthocanna, a deep-sea siphonophore related to the jellyfish.

All these from this article: Mysteries of the Dark Down Deep

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We really don't know much yet. We have been studying and writing stuff down for seven thousand years. We know a little, eensey bit about our planet, but that's all.

Joe(I'm a siphonophore of knowledge, are you?)Nation

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Wow. These pictures are breathtaking.

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I've got one of those in the top drawer of my dresser.

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gustavratzenhofer wrote:

I've got one of those in the top drawer of my dresser.

Oh, is that where I left it?

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gustavratzenhofer wrote:

I've got one of those in the top drawer of my dresser.

I have an IKEA lamp very similar to the Marrus orthocanna.

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That's the Angelina Jolie model, isn't it Gus? I have the Jennifer Aniston, myself.

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I forgot this one:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/22/science/22deep_extra.jpg

A stimias boas scaly Dragonfish.

It's also known as a Gus.I can't say why.

Joe(the stuff our nightmares race to catch up with)Nation

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Yikes! Is it safe to go back in the water?

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Just don't dive too deep.

Joe(or wear something flashy)Nation

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Thanks for the new avatar, Joe!

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Glaucus.

A Surface dwelling creature

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http://www.able2know.com/forums/images/avatars/17956004114625740140920.jpg

a gustavratzenhofer. also a surface dwelling creature.

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Damn, that one's REALLY scary.

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Re: Just when you think you've seen everything.

Joe Nation wrote:

Hold on to your hats:

An as yet unidentified species.

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We really don't know much yet. We have been studying and writing stuff down for seven thousand years. We know a little, eensey bit about our planet, but that's all.

Joe(I'm a siphonophore of knowledge, are you?)Nation

Aw, that's just Gypsy from Mystery Science Theatre 3000:

http://www.csnmail.net/~weissfre/gypsy.jpg

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Excellent choice by Shapeless to pick the most alien one of them all. They all are beautifully odd, but, it's true, as both Kicky and Jespah have pointed out, we can relate to all of them.

Joe(That's because they and we are Earthings)Nation

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Positively fantastic, Joe. Just one question. Are dem tings from dis planet?

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yes, they are.
And there are perhaps a million more kinds we haven't run into down there.
Hell, there are probably still ten thousand species of frogs, beetles and flutterbys we modernites have not witnessed.

And a million billion creatures who have come, lived, evolved and died out without any homo sapiens seeing any of their tracks.

Joe(just as we shall pass someday)Nation

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Re: Just when you think you've seen everything.

Joe Nation wrote:

A Dumbo octopus.

Dudes got sneakers on.....

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I was just reading that article. Sooo cool.

The first Dumbo pic looks like a Pokemon.

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Sneakers that are just a little expandable.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/picpops/images/prog2_1.jpg

Joe(gotta fly now)Nation

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Just when you think you've seen everything.

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