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New Animal Resembling Furry Lobster Found

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PARIS - 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.

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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/ap_on_sc/france_new_crustacean
 
Wow, a blonde lobster interesting, I wonder what it would taste like, if it may taste just like the red lobster.... I've always wanted to be a diver, cause I would love to see how beautiful it is down in the ocean, and maybe find some golds?... :giggle: ..
 
I wonder how deep this animal was found. Most animals without eyes are found in the deepest parts because of the limited light. It's very difficult to dive that deep.
 
The answer is really in plain view on first post on this thread! 7,540 feet deep.
Little more than half way deep where Titanic was at! (13,000 feet deep for Titanic)

Eve said:
I wonder how deep this animal was found. Most animals without eyes are found in the deepest parts because of the limited light. It's very difficult to dive that deep.
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That's a beautiful furry lobster, Now I'm hungry! :giggle:
 
diehardbiker65 said:
The answer is really in plain view on first post on this thread! 7,540 feet deep.
Little more than half way deep where Titanic was at! (13,000 feet deep for Titanic)
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So that's deep enough for no light to be visible?

I know 13,000 feet is completely dark, anyway...I was fascinated by the Titanic when I was little and watched a lot of documentaries.

I wonder what function the fur has...could it be how they "see"?

Surprisingly cute for a deep-sea creature... :)
 
I am not sure how deep that would make it darker. I think 500 feet deep will decease the light. I could be wrong, but it is likely around 500 feet.

Me too, was fantasticated on Titanic. Making me understand the history of technology and how they evolved since 1860 to now. In fact during 1900 and 1912 People think they can go beyond the means of power of God. The phrase of "God can't sink the Titanic" was used before the Titanic made its ill fated maiden voyage. People actually think bigger and bigger is better. Until the Titanic sank, it actually sanked those ego talking guys big time! Maybe that is how people start to think smaller and considered smaller to be better, hence we have computer small enough to be very powerful. Interesting, isn't it?

Rose Immortal said:
So that's deep enough for no light to be visible?

I know 13,000 feet is completely dark, anyway...I was fascinated by the Titanic when I was little and watched a lot of documentaries.

I wonder what function the fur has...could it be how they "see"?

Surprisingly cute for a deep-sea creature... :)
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^Angel^ said:
Wow, a blonde lobster interesting, I wonder what it would taste like, if it may taste just like the red lobster.... I've always wanted to be a diver, cause I would love to see how beautiful it is down in the ocean, and maybe find some golds?... :giggle: ..
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Even though I like to eat red lobster but I don't know if I want to eat this blonde furry lobster :giggle:

Hmmm I wonder if you, Cheri, and the lobster are related in a way because three of you have blonde hair LOL.
 
diehardbiker65 said:
I am not sure how deep that would make it darker. I think 500 feet deep will decease the light. I could be wrong, but it is likely around 500 feet.
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Don't know either. I SHOULD know it because I went on a submarine once in Hawaii, but I wasn't paying enough attention. We didn't go to a depth where it was completely dark, but we went deep enough that the color red was no longer visible. That was weird!

Me too, was fantasticated on Titanic. Making me understand the history of technology and how they evolved since 1860 to now. In fact during 1900 and 1912 People think they can go beyond the means of power of God. The phrase of "God can't sink the Titanic" was used before the Titanic made its ill fated maiden voyage. People actually think bigger and bigger is better. Until the Titanic sank, it actually sanked those ego talking guys big time! Maybe that is how people start to think smaller and considered smaller to be better, hence we have computer small enough to be very powerful. Interesting, isn't it?
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I had never made that connection between the sinking of the Titanic and the tendency towards miniaturization, but that's interesting now that you mention it!

Not exactly sure if one caused the other, but it's a neat observation. :)

Still, you have to wonder when you look at the size of some of those cruise ships...they're like floating cities!
 
Interesting and there's new animals we have found in the deep seas time to time. There's many other animals we haven't found yet. I think we've covered less than 5 percent of the world's deep ocean animals so far.
 
Most divers don't go beyond 1,000 feet deep due to several factors including the nitrogen levels in the tanks and the pressure involved. You have to be a very experienced diver, with special gear and tanks to go down further. And yes, dhb, it starts getting dark around 500 ft. depending on the clarity of the water.
 
:eek3: :eek3: :eek3: :eek3: :shock: :shock: :shock: new to me hmm Never see that before eheheh wow look like bug to me cause of back like cant spell cockroach lol but wow new to me to see that white lobster :lol:
 
Rose Immortal said:
Don't know either. I SHOULD know it because I went on a submarine once in Hawaii, but I wasn't paying enough attention. We didn't go to a depth where it was completely dark, but we went deep enough that the color red was no longer visible. That was weird!



I had never made that connection between the sinking of the Titanic and the tendency towards miniaturization, but that's interesting now that you mention it!

Not exactly sure if one caused the other, but it's a neat observation. :)

Still, you have to wonder when you look at the size of some of those cruise ships...they're like floating cities!
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Until the discovery of the Titanic, huge ship was never built again after Olympic, a sister of Titanic. That was a lesson learned back then when Titanic sank. No one bothers to build anything as big as Titanic. Now that they discovered Titanic's resting place and did research. This lead to a company that decided to build bigger ship than Titanic, and limits to areas near equator in fear of striking iceberg again.
 
As free diving your right. But with equipment it can go as far as 15,000 feet deep. Don't you know how Titanic was discovered? It was right on 13,000 feet deep, with 3 tons per square inches pressure! (I think, not sure exact the pressure) OFC these Titanic crew did autographed their styrofoam cup all over and brought it down to where the Titanic is now. They then brought it back to surface. The size went down to as small as thumbshell, amazed how water pressure can do such like that!

Eve said:
Most divers don't go beyond 1,000 feet deep due to several factors including the nitrogen levels in the tanks and the pressure involved. You have to be a very experienced diver, with special gear and tanks to go down further. And yes, dhb, it starts getting dark around 500 ft. depending on the clarity of the water.
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diehardbiker65 said:
Until the discovery of the Titanic, huge ship was never built again after Olympic, a sister of Titanic. That was a lesson learned back then when Titanic sank. No one bothers to build anything as big as Titanic. Now that they discovered Titanic's resting place and did research. This lead to a company that decided to build bigger ship than Titanic, and limits to areas near equator in fear of striking iceberg again.
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Is that because ships of that size can't turn to avoid an iceberg quickly enough to be safe?

That makes me wonder about cruise ships...those things are HUGE!
 
Right! One of biggest mistake with the engineers who built the Titanic did not run the test on speed and curve and how they respond when need to make immediate decision. No one was practice in event of emergencies. Other huge mistake is that the captain decided to turn off the lights, to allow some passenger having their romantic moment out in front. Also another mistake is that these two guys whose position as outlooker realized that they left binocular on the bridge and didn't bother to get it until its too late. There is much more human error that lead to tragedy. Reason for so many mistakes is that they thought that NOTHING can cause the Titanic to sink, even claim that God himself can NOT sink the Titanic! That is how their ego thinking were back then. Yup, alot of these mistakes were pretty much avoidable, but sadly it happens.

Rose Immortal said:
Is that because ships of that size can't turn to avoid an iceberg quickly enough to be safe?

That makes me wonder about cruise ships...those things are HUGE!
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diehardbiker65 said:
Right! One of biggest mistake with the engineers who built the Titanic did not run the test on speed and curve and how they respond when need to make immediate decision. No one was practice in event of emergencies. Other huge mistake is that the captain decided to turn off the lights, to allow some passenger having their romantic moment out in front. Also another mistake is that these two guys whose position as outlooker realized that they left binocular on the bridge and didn't bother to get it until its too late. There is much more human error that lead to tragedy. Reason for so many mistakes is that they thought that NOTHING can cause the Titanic to sink, even claim that God himself can NOT sink the Titanic! That is how their ego thinking were back then. Yup, alot of these mistakes were pretty much avoidable, but sadly it happens.
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It's a REALLY good thing that we now have stuff like computer modeling and wind tunnels to test these kinds of things out without having to spend money on expensive models to do that.

Have you ever watched the "Engineering Disasters" series on Modern Marvels (on the History Channel)? That is one fascinating show...you get to see a lot of other really stupid designs like that, and what happened as a result.
 
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