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10-05-2010, 03:53 PM
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The mysteries of the deep have been revealed after a remarkable 10-year survey of the world’s oceans.
Altogether, the international Census of Marine Life counted 201,206 different species – of which 5,000 are new.
But experts estimate there are a million species living in the sea, so a mere 20% of the huge total have been discovered so far.
Dr Jesse Ausubel, co-founder of the census, told a celebration at the Royal Institution yesterday: “We have created a baseline of what lives in the ocean, where and when.
“There was chaos in the records when we set out. But there are decades of work ahead.”
Science committee chairman Dr Ian Poiner added: “This is a milestone for marine science. We have a benchmark which will serve scientists for years to come.”
Altogether, the international Census of Marine Life counted 201,206 different species – of which 5,000 are new.
But experts estimate there are a million species living in the sea, so a mere 20% of the huge total have been discovered so far.
Dr Jesse Ausubel, co-founder of the census, told a celebration at the Royal Institution yesterday: “We have created a baseline of what lives in the ocean, where and when.
“There was chaos in the records when we set out. But there are decades of work ahead.”
Science committee chairman Dr Ian Poiner added: “This is a milestone for marine science. We have a benchmark which will serve scientists for years to come.”
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More then 2,700 experts spent 9,000 days at sea on more than 540 expeditions, recording everything from microbes to whales.
Thirty-million observations of 120,000 species have been organised in the global marine life database, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System.
It will provide a record against which future changes in ocean life can be measured. The *scientists found that fish make up 16,764 of the known species. But there are thought to be 21,800, with up to 150 new species discovered every year.
Pacific Bluefin tuna were found to cross the Pacific three times in 600 days.
The Atlantic bluefin migrates about 3,700 miles between North America and Europe. But the record goes to puffins which make a 40,000-mile circle every year from New Zealand to Japan, Russia, Alaska, Chile and back.
Another discovery was how many sea creatures share a similar DNA, with a maximum 15% difference among fish.
French scientist Myriam Sibuet said: “In the deep sea, we found luxuriant communities despite extreme conditions.
“The discovery of new species and habitats have both advanced science and inspired artists with their extraordinary beauty.”
Thirty-million observations of 120,000 species have been organised in the global marine life database, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System.
It will provide a record against which future changes in ocean life can be measured. The *scientists found that fish make up 16,764 of the known species. But there are thought to be 21,800, with up to 150 new species discovered every year.
Pacific Bluefin tuna were found to cross the Pacific three times in 600 days.
The Atlantic bluefin migrates about 3,700 miles between North America and Europe. But the record goes to puffins which make a 40,000-mile circle every year from New Zealand to Japan, Russia, Alaska, Chile and back.
Another discovery was how many sea creatures share a similar DNA, with a maximum 15% difference among fish.
French scientist Myriam Sibuet said: “In the deep sea, we found luxuriant communities despite extreme conditions.
“The discovery of new species and habitats have both advanced science and inspired artists with their extraordinary beauty.”
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10-05-2010, 08:02 PM
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I saw this on the discovery Channel, where these guys went hunting down the "Giant Squid" you know those big ass guys who were to say to take down whole ships. Anyways, this is what they found, it was estimated to be 209ft long, keep in mind that's longer than the blue whale (this biggest animal on earth)
What they did was came up this a theory that we don't see them because they let the smaller squid go up and feed on fish & they swim back down where the Giant Squid would eat them up (nnnoom nomnom) So, these guys catch em a good size squid & pinned a camera to the squid, set it free and it swim down 1,000ft where they caught this picture.
The way i think about it is, if this one is that big--there is always one bigger. O.O
And people use the ocean as a swimming pool.. HELL NAHH!
"It is difficult to find any three accounts of the giant squid that agree on the upper limits of its size. In Deep Ocean, Tony Rice cautiously estimates that they can reach a size of at least 49 feet. Bill Bryson, in his much celebrated work A Short History of Nearly Everything, says that their tentacles can reach a length of 60 feet. While C.P. Idyll, writing in 1964 estimated that the size of Architeuthis can range from 50 to 55 feet. He considered a specimen found off the coast of New Zealand as an entirely new species, Architeuthis longimanus, which measured in at 57 feet (and thus implied that this species may grow even larger). However, Architeuthis longimanus has since been recognized as being the same as Architeuthis dux. Perhaps more incredible than this are modern accounts which have experts claiming that the giant squid could grow anywhere from 150 to 200 feet long." says Edmund Siderius.
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I saw this on the discovery Channel, where these guys went hunting down the "Giant Squid" you know those big ass guys who were to say to take down whole ships. Anyways, this is what they found, it was estimated to be 209ft long, keep in mind that's longer than the blue whale (this biggest animal on earth)
What they did was came up this a theory that we don't see them because they let the smaller squid go up and feed on fish & they swim back down where the Giant Squid would eat them up (nnnoom nomnom) So, these guys catch em a good size squid & pinned a camera to the squid, set it free and it swim down 1,000ft where they caught this picture.
The way i think about it is, if this one is that big--there is always one bigger. O.O
And people use the ocean as a swimming pool.. HELL NAHH!
"It is difficult to find any three accounts of the giant squid that agree on the upper limits of its size. In Deep Ocean, Tony Rice cautiously estimates that they can reach a size of at least 49 feet. Bill Bryson, in his much celebrated work A Short History of Nearly Everything, says that their tentacles can reach a length of 60 feet. While C.P. Idyll, writing in 1964 estimated that the size of Architeuthis can range from 50 to 55 feet. He considered a specimen found off the coast of New Zealand as an entirely new species, Architeuthis longimanus, which measured in at 57 feet (and thus implied that this species may grow even larger). However, Architeuthis longimanus has since been recognized as being the same as Architeuthis dux. Perhaps more incredible than this are modern accounts which have experts claiming that the giant squid could grow anywhere from 150 to 200 feet long." says Edmund Siderius.
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10-05-2010, 09:09 PM
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Wow, this is probably the most interesting thread i've ever read on NGU. I think it's great we are still finding new species, I just wish we could find more above sea level.
It's definately weird and interesting how such creatures are able to thrive and evovle in such conditions, no light, extremely cold and the pressure must be immense. And there was a theory there could be no life without the energy from the sun. The thing that strikes me the most is how exotic and alien like some of these creatures are, i mean some of them are just mind-blowing.
Definately a great thread :y:
It's definately weird and interesting how such creatures are able to thrive and evovle in such conditions, no light, extremely cold and the pressure must be immense. And there was a theory there could be no life without the energy from the sun. The thing that strikes me the most is how exotic and alien like some of these creatures are, i mean some of them are just mind-blowing.
Definately a great thread :y:
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