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Some Australian scientists discovered a strange prehistoric marine life in hundreds of kilometers beneath the Great Barrier Reef.
It was discovered when it held that the mission had never done before, namely to document an endangered species because of warming oceans.
Ancient life in the form of an ancient shark, a giant fish that contain fish oil, a collection of crustaceans, and squid species of primitive in shell (nautilus), which was captured from the remote camera at Osprey Reef.
Lead researcher Justin Marshall, on Thursday (15/07/2010), said the team also has discovered several unknown species of fish, including the "prehistoric six-gill shark."
The findings of research thanks to using a special camera that is sensitive to dim light and is designed to capture the ocean floor.
"Some animals we've seen is the kind we expected, some we did not expect, and some animals that we have not identified," said Marshall of the University of Queensland.
"There's a shark that actually we do not expect, that similar false cat shark, which is really strange having the rear fin," Marshall said as quoted by French news agency AFP.
The team uses the tuna head on the end of the stick to attract the attention of all the animals, who live far below the reach of light.
Marshall said the research has become increasingly urgent due to recent oil spills that affect the Great Barrier Reff "listed as world heritage, and the increasing threats to biodiversity due to heating and oxidation of the world's oceans.
"One we wanted to do with researching deep-sea life is to discover what was there, before we abolish them," Marshall said.
"We do not know what lives down there, and our cameras can now record the behavior and life in Australia's largest biosphere, the deep ocean," he said.
Scientists have warned that the attractiveness of an area of 345,000 square kilometers was facing a serious threat because of global warming and endless chemicals threatened to kill marine species and lead to the spread of disease.
Chinese coal ship Shen Neng an injury during the three-meter rip in the coral reef when the ship ran aground while trying to take shortcuts on April 3. As a result of these events, many tons of oil spread over the land of breeding and the famous nature reserve.
Of 200,000 liters of heavy fuel ejected into the waters south of the coral reef in March, when some container ships full of fertilizer fell from the Pacific Adventurer, the flag of Hong Kong, during the raging storm. The hull was perforated.
This event's worst oil spill ever experienced in Australia. Marshall said the research camera will now be sent to the Gulf of Mexico, who faces oil leak, to monitor the impact of the oil leak on marine life there.(KOMPAS.com -)
It was discovered when it held that the mission had never done before, namely to document an endangered species because of warming oceans.
Ancient life in the form of an ancient shark, a giant fish that contain fish oil, a collection of crustaceans, and squid species of primitive in shell (nautilus), which was captured from the remote camera at Osprey Reef.
Lead researcher Justin Marshall, on Thursday (15/07/2010), said the team also has discovered several unknown species of fish, including the "prehistoric six-gill shark."
The findings of research thanks to using a special camera that is sensitive to dim light and is designed to capture the ocean floor.
"Some animals we've seen is the kind we expected, some we did not expect, and some animals that we have not identified," said Marshall of the University of Queensland.
"There's a shark that actually we do not expect, that similar false cat shark, which is really strange having the rear fin," Marshall said as quoted by French news agency AFP.
The team uses the tuna head on the end of the stick to attract the attention of all the animals, who live far below the reach of light.
Marshall said the research has become increasingly urgent due to recent oil spills that affect the Great Barrier Reff "listed as world heritage, and the increasing threats to biodiversity due to heating and oxidation of the world's oceans.
"One we wanted to do with researching deep-sea life is to discover what was there, before we abolish them," Marshall said.
"We do not know what lives down there, and our cameras can now record the behavior and life in Australia's largest biosphere, the deep ocean," he said.
Scientists have warned that the attractiveness of an area of 345,000 square kilometers was facing a serious threat because of global warming and endless chemicals threatened to kill marine species and lead to the spread of disease.
Chinese coal ship Shen Neng an injury during the three-meter rip in the coral reef when the ship ran aground while trying to take shortcuts on April 3. As a result of these events, many tons of oil spread over the land of breeding and the famous nature reserve.
Of 200,000 liters of heavy fuel ejected into the waters south of the coral reef in March, when some container ships full of fertilizer fell from the Pacific Adventurer, the flag of Hong Kong, during the raging storm. The hull was perforated.
This event's worst oil spill ever experienced in Australia. Marshall said the research camera will now be sent to the Gulf of Mexico, who faces oil leak, to monitor the impact of the oil leak on marine life there.(KOMPAS.com -)
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