NEW - The Lost Worlds of the Deep!

[invincible569]

Not sure if some of you saw the post of the Deep Sea Creatures on RC I added.. but here are some more to add:
Source: http://www.oceans.gov.au

Dr John Paxton with the slender anglerfish, Gigantactis paxtoni , caught last night at about 1200m depth.


Gorgonians


ratcatcher bottom trawl


Scientists on RV Tangaroa sorting 100’s of pelagic fishes taken at 1200m depth near a seamount.

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Daniel Gledhill holding an undescribed species of spookfish


Andrew Stewart of Te Papa holding a rudderfish


Black Shark


Inverts

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Hooked Squid


Blob Fish




Dragonfish

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Bamboo Coral

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Cup Corals


Large Sponge

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Snailfish

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Firefly Squid

[7thheaven]

Wow look at the Blob Fish
its eye is similar to human.

[dphinsx2]

Those pics freak me out!

[keigo]

wow wonder how they taste like if were to cook them...

[MrMongoose]

I can tell you one thing, I wouldn't be holding about 90% of those creatures.
-Nathan

[invincible569]

The blob fish is my fav. Looks like a human face. Makes you wonder about evolution.

[Aged Salt]

Our forefather?Bob

[Adam]

What really gets me is the Bamboo Coral

Is it a coral, or some type of gorgonian??? Definately somethin I have never seen

[OUinLA]

Our forefather?Bob

You never know