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October 19, 2005
The Kraken Wakes
OK, after the cephalopods walking on two "legs" come more things that just aren't right at the bottom of the sea.
The walking sea lilly... (.mov file). God help us if these things ever discover the world above.
"The humble sea lily, which normally remains rooted to the ocean bed by a stem, has been caught creeping away from predators in deep sea video footage.
The creature – Endoxocrinus parrae – is an ocean animal closely related to the starfish, sea cucumber and sea urchin. With a ring of feathery fingers and a stalk 50 centimetres long, it resembles an ocean garden flower. But the new video shows it has a sophisticated method for avoiding danger.
The footage was taken at a depth of 430 metres from a submersible close to Grand Bahama Island. It shows, for the first time, a sea lily crawling slowly across the ocean floor on its fingers, dragging its broken stem behind it."
Full story at New Scientist
Posted by Mark at October 19, 2005 11:21 AM
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