The bottom of the oceans

[BigBadCam]

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I've long heard it said by scientists of many different disciplines that we know more about what is in our solar system than what is on the bottom of our oceans. The recent probe that was crashed into the moon, as well as the recent anniversary of the moon landing got me wondering why there isn't more effort into exploring our oceans.

New species of fish are always being found, and there are countless other species of fish in the murky depths which we don't know about. Fish straight out of kid's nightmares are down there just waiting to be discovered. It has to happen one day, but the funding just doesn't seem to be there.

Although they seem to know what it is, clips like this always capture my imagination:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090921-brazil-bizarre-fish-video-ap.html

Space tourism seems to be the new big thing. Canadian, Guy Laliberté, recently spent 10 days in space. Personally, if I had that much $ I'd rather shoot round the bottoms of the oceans in exploration submarines. Perhaps big time entrepeneurs will be the ones to fund the exploration?

Many people claim that the world is overpopulated. The room under water is endless. How long until we start seeing underwater cities? Will countries with big coastlines like Australia all of a sudden have an advantage on landlocked countries because they have the ability to expand towards their oceanic borders?

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Building stuff to work in space is much easier than building stuff to work under the extreme pressures of the depths of the ocean.

 

[Goat 53]

Building stuff to work in space is much easier than building stuff to work under the extreme pressures of the depths of the ocean.

True. It's just majorly expensive to get it up there.

There's plenty of land for people, it'd be less effort to make that habitable than building underwater cities.

 

[apollo_creed]

Never realised such glowing sea life even existed.

That video was fascinating. One of the creatures was expelling purple fluorescent semen.
Dude, **** yeah!

I wouldn't be the only one with no knowledge of the inhabitants lurking in the oceans depths. Really interesting stuff mate.

Even googled the term and read some stuff after watching that video.

Until the little green men deflower one of NASA's probes there's a lot more to be seen, and fun to be had on the bed of the ocean.

 

[Play by Numbers]

Awesome OP, thanks also for the interesting vid.

Good point you make as well about deep sea exploration, it is interesting that we reach for the stars without having fully explored our own backyard (so to speak).

 

[Schism]

Are we sure we want to know what is really down there?

 

[BigBadCam]

Are we sure we want to know what is really down there?

There could be anything down there. This video sheds some light on what this 'bloop' sound is and also discusses some other weird sightings. I know we're moving into the world of nutjobs and cryptozoology, but who's to say what's real and what's not in this case? Imagine the excitement surrounding any sort of journey to the depths.

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[Play by Numbers]

Are we sure we want to know what is really down there?

Schism stop reading all that Lovecraft. Srsly.

 

[Schism]

Schism stop reading all that Lovecraft. Srsly.

When my Lord wakes,you are all doomed

 

[BigBadCam]

Thousands of Weird Sea Creatures Found

By Charles Q. Choi

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(Nov. 22) -- The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.
Revealed via cameras towed deep in the sea, sonar and other technologies, a stunning 17,650 species are now known to thrive in an eternal watery darkness. This menagerie of weird creatures, ranging from crabs to shrimp to worms, somehow manage a living in a frigid black world down to roughly 3 miles (5 km) below the ocean waves.

http://news.aol.com/article/thousands-of-weird-sea-creatures-found/778975

"Typically the deep sea is viewed as something beyond concern, a pit, a desert, a wasteland, but what we have found in our work is that there is an incredible diversity of species there, often with striking adaptations that we as yet don't understand yet," one researcher said.

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[bit_pattern]

Awesome thread, Cam.

Heard about this the other day, with the jellyfish longer than a blue whale, boggles the mind to think about.

 

[BigBadCam]

Awesome thread, Cam.

Heard about this the other day, with the jellyfish longer than a blue whale, boggles the mind to think about.

Currently- 230k documented marine species
Expected - 1 million +
Not including microbes...

Exciting times. As you said, the mind boggles.

 

[bit_pattern]

My downlaods are maxed out for another 7 days so have to wait before I can watch the lip, I'm dangerously close to being shaped

 

[BigBadCam]

My downlaods are maxed out for another 7 days so have to wait before I can watch the lip, I'm dangerously close to being shaped

I had to wait about 15 min for the clip to fully load since I'm capped. ADSL 2 is awesome but it smashes your dl limits.

 

[bit_pattern]

I'm on cable with a 15GB limit that costs $60 a month and when capped I can't do shit, can't log onto internet banking, can barely load up BF pages. Optus are a bunch of extortionist *****

 

[Paddywhackers]

Read Billy Bryson's, A Short History of Everything and in particular, his outlook on the deep seas. Fascinating chapter in what was the best book I have ever read.

They havn't funded exploration of the deep seas because it is expansive. It costs over $US50,000 per day. However when you compare that to the costs of American led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, it's chicken feed.

 

[Dry Rot]

Great OP. Thanks.

 

[Dry Rot]

I'm on cable with a 15GB limit that costs $60 a month and when capped I can't do shit, can't log onto internet banking, can barely load up BF pages. Optus are a bunch of extortionist *****

They're the Vincent de Paul Society compared with those BigPond bastards. 12GB for $80/month and I have no faith in their usage meters.

 

[bit_pattern]

^^ LOL, yeah I was on BP cable come years back, I remember it being expensiv but forgoten how bad it really was. The ironic thing is next month its getting bumped up to 100Mb/s, so you can wax your 12GB even quicker

Read Billy Bryson's, A Short History of Everything and in particular, his outlook on the deep seas. Fascinating chapter in what was the best book I have ever read.

They havn't funded exploration of the deep seas because it is expansive. It costs over $US50,000 per day. However when you compare that to the costs of American led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, it's chicken feed.

Awesome book! Like the snake that slithered away and no one has ever seen one since. **** knows what else is down there.

 

[sherrinorburley]

They're the Vincent de Paul Society compared with those BigPond bastards. 12GB for $80/month and I have no faith in their usage meters.

Friggin BigPond arsoles.

There really is plenty of room on earth/ocean to disregard the waste that is outerspace.

Great OP. Amazing.

 

[Mr Gor]

Man underwater creatures and the like scare the shit outta me. Human's aren't made for water, I'd rather be in space fo sho

 

[bit_pattern]

Man underwater creatures and the like scare the shit outta me. Human's aren't made for water, I'd rather be in space fo sho

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[KevinCat07]

Man underwater creatures and the like scare the shit outta me. Human's aren't made for water, I'd rather be in space fo sho

People are generally terrified of sharks because if you encounter one you really have no control whether you live or die. You are more or less helpless in water against such a beast.

More people die in car accidents or bee attacks but nobody worries about that bcause they think they have more control over those situations than they actually have.

 

[Bombers 2003]

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Some evolved from creatures that live in dungheaps and havnt really advanced beyond that

 

[Rooface]

Man underwater creatures and the like scare the shit outta me. Human's aren't made for water, I'd rather be in space fo sho

I dont know. I feel more comfortable with the earth, like our bodies, being 60-70 % water. On land a crocodile is going to eat you. A shark in the water may not.

I also like the mermaid. Such a tease.

http://www.paulapeterson.com/dolphin_human_connection.html