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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:13 PM
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Woah! Way Cool! 2 ft Starfish!
:applause:

Giant marine life found in Antarctica By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer
Fri Mar 21, 1:19 PM ET



WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish.

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A 2,000-mile journey through the Ross Sea that ended Thursday has also potentially turned up several new species, including as many as eight new mollusks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_sc/antarctic_sea_life
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:24 PM
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1. I Thought So Too... Isn't It Incredible That We are Still Discovering
Edited on Fri Mar-21-08 05:25 PM by fascisthunter
more life forms all the time? What a mysterious and beautiful planet we have.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 06:08 PM
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3. Yes. Only place like it.
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Vilis Veritas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 05:46 PM
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2. Stuff likes this gives me hope...
Gaia is a beautiful thing...
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-22-08 10:21 PM
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4. Starfish are bad for coral reefs.
Big starfish? Very bad.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 10:55 PM
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6. *Certain* starfish, like crown-of-thorns ...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 02:31 PM
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5. They found Starmie!
:rofl:
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-29-08 10:31 AM
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7. Let's go jellyfishing!
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