Friday, March 10, 2006

“Well that’s it, never gonna go to red lobster again!”

Hairy lobster
From
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/shortsharpscience/
Its silky blond hair looks pretty seductive – until you see the very large claws sticking out at the end. The good news is that the weird beast couldn’t catch you if it wanted to – it is blind.The new lobster is in fact so strange that it has been given its own family and genus - Kiwa hirsuta. The 15-cm-long (6 inch) beast was found 2300 metres (7540 feet) under the South Pacific, 900 miles south of Easter Island. Many new species are plucked from the ocean each year, but scientists say it is unusual to find one in need of a new family name, or indeed a haircut.You can explore the mysteries of the deep sea, or become an instant expert on this murky world, or just watch videos of broody squid carrying their eggs in their arms or sea lilies creeping away from trouble. (Image: Ifremer/A Fifis)

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