Monday, March 13, 2006

'Kiwi hirsuta'


^ This photo released Tuesday March 7, 2006 by the IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) shows a new crustacean, called 'Kiwi hirsuta'. The eyeless shellfish, about 15cm long was discovered in March 2005 during a diving mission led by American researcher Robert Vrijenhoek, of the MBARI Institut, Cal., in hydrothermal vents of the Pacific Antartic Ridge, south of Easter Island. (AP Photo/A Fifis; IFREMER)
New Animal Resembling Furry Lobster Found
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Isn't that amazing? So it's true that there're plently of living creatures out there we have not yet discovered, especially under the ocean, especially around hydrothermal vent.

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