Creatures of the Coral Sea 珊瑚中的生物

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:57:43

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Deep-sea delights

Scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute have used high-tech cameras to photograph sea creatures at a depth of 4,600 feet at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, northeast of the northern Australian city of Cairns. This is a deliciously red Atolla jellyfish.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:58:03

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Lights, camera, action!

This deep-sea anglerfish is well-adapted for living in a dark world where the pressure is 140 times greater than on land. "Learning more about these creatures' primitive eyes and brain could help neuroscientists better understand human vision," research team leader Justin Marshall says. "We could also design better cameras and illumination systems because, as we've seen, nature often gets there first."

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:58:21

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Squids change their spots

Squids have the power to change their skin color rapidly, thanks to pigment-filled sacs called chromatophores. This close-up of squid skin shows the chromatophores on a Coral Sea creature.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:58:46

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Hatchetfish on patrol

The deep-sea hatchetfish gets its name from the shape of its body, which looks like an ax head. It may be a warlike name, but most hatchetfish are actually rather timid.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:59:02

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What big teeth!

A deep-sea anglerfish bares its sharp, translucent teeth in a photo taken by a high-tech camera.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:59:21

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Alien creature

Deep-sea amphipods, like the one seen here from an unusual perspective, are shrimplike crustaceans. They're typically less than a half-inch long, but some deep-sea species grow to lengths of 11 inches.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:59:40

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Wide-angle anglerfish

A deep-sea anglerfish heads toward the camera in the Coral Sea.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 10:59:59

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Wild jelly

The deep-sea Periphylla jellyfish has 12 tentacles, and its body can grow to a height of 8 inches (20 centimeters). .

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-27 11:00:18

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Deep-sea monster

The viperfish is considered one of the oddest-looking and most ferocious fish of the deep ocean. Its fangs are so large that they cannot fit inside its mouth, but instead curve back very close to the creature's eyes. The viperfish is thought to use its teeth to impale its victims by swimming at them at high speed.

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[2011年] Creatures of the Coral Sea 珊瑚中的生物

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