Vallisneria Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_..._new_crustacean I saw this link on another forum and thought you guys might find it interesting also. Its a furry lobster type thing. Very cool looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lax_champ Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Lmao looks like a stuffed monkey almost. -roll- very kewl val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGr8Blade Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 That is a little strange and creepy looking. It does look like a monkey sorta. -roll- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now all you need is a compression chamber to keep the tank in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Prawn Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Tue Mar 7, 9:28 PM ETPARIS - A team of American-led divers has discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT Scientists said the animal, which they named Kiwa hirsuta, was so distinct from other species that they created a new family and genus for it. The divers found the animal in waters 7,540 feet deep at a site 900 miles south of Easter Island last year, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Institute for Sea Exploration. The new crustacean is described in the journal of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The animal is white and just shy of 6 inches long — about the size of a salad plate. In what Segonzac described as a "surprising characteristic," the animal's pincers are covered with sinuous, hair-like strands. It is also blind. The researchers found it had only "the vestige of a membrane" in place of eyes, Segonzac said. The researchers said that while legions of new ocean species are discovered each year, it is quite rare to find one that merits a new family. The family was named Kiwaida, from Kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology. The diving expedition was organized by Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California. That thing looks more like something from the Pre-Cambrian period than a lobster to me. If I could keep ANYTHING in the world in a tank, it'd be a 50,000 gallon and would hold Anomalocaris Canadensis, ohhhhh man that'd be so cool. I loooove pre-cambrian. -Hideo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now all you need is a compression chamber to keep the tank in. Would you need to use thicker glass? Or maybe plexi for that? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Would you need to use thicker glass? Or maybe plexi for that? :P At 200 bar? That'd be some serious glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAlberta Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 If ya manage to get one be sure to let us know! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Would you need to use thicker glass? Or maybe plexi for that? :P At 200 bar? That'd be some serious glass. Well, if the whole unit were in the comp chamber, then the room around the tank would be at the same number of atmospheres as the water in the tank, so extra heavy glass would not be required for the tank....of course, you would need to spend quite a while compressing to enter the room, and just as long decompressing to leave....might make tank maintenance a bit of a problem. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanker Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 hahaha... imagine water changes with a compression cycle every bucket? Ya... I think I'll stick to "things that know what the SUN is"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 It would probably be easier to keep an alien from another galaxy in a tank than a deep water creature ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggie Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Well, if the whole unit were in the comp chamber, then the room around the tank would be at the same number of atmospheres as the water in the tank, so extra heavy glass would not be required for the tank....of course, you would need to spend quite a while compressing to enter the room, and just as long decompressing to leave....might make tank maintenance a bit of a problem. :P Actually, people are a bit too squishy for that to work I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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