Beasts of the Japanese Antarctic
Mysterious Creatures Found in Antarctica
Feb. 19, 2008 (AP) – Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths..Some of the animals far under the sea grow to unusually large sizes, a phenomenon calledgaijingigantism that scientists still do not fully understand…more…
I have to snicker about the true “mysterious creatures found in Antarctica” —the gaijin/foreigners—onboard the Japanese research ship, the Umitaka Maru, conducting the “Collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census” (CEAMARC) that these news reports are covering. Read the website with a personal log of a foreign scientist, Patrice Pruvost, onboard the Umitaka Maru with a group of international scientists, as well as Japanese students, crew and cadets.
Here be monsters…
The Register, Tuesday 19 February 2008 12:39 GMT
Researchers from Australia, France and Japan have returned to port from the Southern Ocean following a two-month jaunt to probe the icy depths, which yielded some impressive footage of the abyss as well as a range of hitherto-unknown Antarctic sea monsters…more…
From Ocean Depths, Strange Sightings (AP News video)
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February 21st, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Ok, do the “japanese research” team say how they taste ? or do they have recipes to go with ?
After all, it’s like their whale hunt for research and all ? no ?