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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

'Lost World' of Sea Creatures Discovered Near Antarctica

Antarctic vents octopus

OXFORD, England –  Scientists doing their first exploring of deep-sea vents in the Antarctic have uncovered a  world unlike anything found around other hydrothermal vents, one populated by new species of anemones, predatory sea stars, and piles of hairy-chested yeti crabs.

It was "almost like a sight from another planet," said expedition leader Alex Rogers, a professor of zoology at Oxford University.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/04/lost-world-sea-creatures-discovered-near-antarctica

1 comment:

  1. Antarctica is such a great place and people also like to visit Antarctica. The photo of sea creature which you have shown above I think this is very nice discovered near Antarctica but there are also many sea creatures are in Antarctica which people had never seen.

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