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Strange purple sea creatures found in deep ocean trenches
« on: October 20, 2016, 10:09:04 pm »
It's the BBC but is it real? In time for Halloween and how about Sea Monkeys? We had some of those.  Well, they are a far cry from Sea Monkeys.  The first picture, below, to me, looks more like a toy.

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Strange purple sea creatures found in deep ocean trenches
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent



Scores of spectacular and rare under sea species have been found by expeditions this year to some of the deepest trenches in the Pacific Ocean.

They include strange purple orbs, "mud monsters" and a bizarre swimming sea cucumber reminiscent of a flying Mary Poppins.

Another voyage found around 500 new undersea methane vents off the US west coast.

This doubles the number of known seeps, bubbling up a powerful greenhouse gas.

The gas vents were found by an expedition mounted by Dr Robert Ballard, the man who first located the wreck of the Titanic.

More: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37706202