October 7, 2008
Deep fish
The "deepest ever" living fish have been discovered, scientists believe.From the BBC, with video.A UK-Japan team found the 17-strong shoal at depths of 7.7km (4.8 miles) in the Japan Trench in the Pacific - and captured the deep sea animals on film.
The scientists have been using remote-operated landers designed to withstand immense pressures to comb the world's deepest depths for marine life.
Monty Priede from the University of Aberdeen said the 30cm-long (12in), deep-sea fish were surprisingly "cute".
Posted by David on October 7, 2008 10:42 PM
Stupid BBC "You Do Not Reside In The British Isles" media non-player.
Otherwise, interesting. But with the possible exception of the level of activity ($#%^&* BBC Media, I can't see any movement) I am not really all that surprised.
Posted by: teqjack on October 8, 2008 7:39 PM
That's funny -- I'm in the USA, not using any proxy servers or anything, and had no trouble viewing the video (with Firefox on Windows).
Posted by: David on October 9, 2008 10:36 AM
You're right, Firefox played it. I had not expected that, as there has been controversy elsewhere in the blogosphere and UseNet about the "BBC Media Player" (yeah, this item is Flash, but left-click notes BBC player involved) not allowing use beyond the home islands.
Posted by: teqjack on October 9, 2008 3:34 PM
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