'Deepest ever' living fish filmed

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  1. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Wow. Too Cool! 8)

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    BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Deepest ever' living fish filmed
     
    Matt Rogers, Oct 7, 2008
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  3. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Very cool. Its sad that we know less about our own waters than we do about Mars, not that I'm against space exploration either!
     
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  4. cuttingras

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    like big albino catfish. I'm wondering how they kept the camera so still. is there no current down that deep?
     
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    bbsbliss Ritteri Anemone

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    That is sooo cool- but I would think with the water pressure the fish would have a flatter body shape (compression and all), but I'm not a marine biologist (I just play one on TV!)
     
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    the pressure is equalized because the water is also in the fishes body...

    i think :confused:
     
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    Way cool, I can't imagine the temp down there?
     
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    Yeah the fish don't feel the pressure it's mainly maintaining oxygen in the blood I think that would be an issue . I swore I saw these same fish several years ago on some discovery show. From reading I wasn't really sure if these were new type or just found deepest.
     
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    "We certainly thought, deep down, fish would be relatively inactive, saving energy as much as possible, and so on," Professor Priede told BBC News. [​IMG] The fish were surprisingly active

    "But when you see the video, the fish are rushing around, feeding accurately, snapping at prey coming past."

    Pure Miracle of life
     
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