Thalaba Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) New life forms turning up in Antarctica, according to a recent article. Six hundred feet (183 metres) below the ice where no light shines, scientists had figured nothing much more than a few microbes could exist. That is why a team from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was surprised when they lowered a video camera to get the first long look at the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. A curious shrimp-like creature came swimming by and then parked itself on the camera's cable. Scientists also pulled up a tentacle they believe came from a foot-long jellyfish. Sure it was from a jellyfish! When the shrimp was later reached for comment by reporters, it had this to say: "Tekeli-li" EDIT: Link to article: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100315/science/science_us_sci_antarctica_sea_life_1 Edited March 18, 2010 by Thalaba Quote "Tell me what you found, not what you lost" Mesopotamian proverb __________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygoneyrs Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Actually that is pretty interesting when one thinks about it, makes you wonder what else is out there and unknown on our own planet. Penn Quote Old time RPGer of +34 yrs, player/DM/GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkape Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 You mean NASA did something worth while? Gee, and here I thought all they did was waste money on space exploration! Quote Skunk - 285/420 BRP book You wanna be alright you gotta walk tall Long Beach Dub Allstars & Black Eyed Peas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygoneyrs Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Anything for space is never a waste of money. Every time we do anything in space we learn something new and each and everytime our knowledge increases in the technology lines as well as pure knowledge of the universe increases. how can someone not see the value of that? Even joking about it is counter productive and sad. The ture path to becoming and remaining a world leader in technolony is to continue and step up our space program and actually return to the Moon and land on Mars and go beyond to the other planets in our solar system. Those that get there first will learn more and gain the knowledge that we should have and have laid the ground work for others to gain benefit of. Why shouldn't it be the US, it has been us for years doing it all. I say stop paying to defend the world, and have the rest of the world pay off their bills to this country for defending them and us coming to their aid and spend the money to bravely go where man has not yet gone before.! Penn Quote Old time RPGer of +34 yrs, player/DM/GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxos232 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 When the shrimp was later reached for comment by reporters, it had this to say: "Tekeli-li" YES! CTHULU FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 This is not a "discovery". That shrimp is a pretty common one, and it's allready well known that there's lots of life beneath the ice sheet in Antarctica. If the camera cable had been longer, so they could have filmed up beneath the sheet, they would have seen a lot more. Norwegian scientists have had a lot of fun with this "news" story. SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HierophantX Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Money for space exploration is not wasted. We need to get off this rock and take it to the aliens and do them like we did the aborigines. Because if we don't then our descendents will end up dying in the aliens' cobalt mines when they show up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalaba Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 This is not a "discovery". That shrimp is a pretty common one, and it's allready well known that there's lots of life beneath the ice sheet in Antarctica. If the camera cable had been longer, so they could have filmed up beneath the sheet, they would have seen a lot more. Norwegian scientists have had a lot of fun with this "news" story. SGL. These Norwegian 'scientists' will also likely not be surprised when Cthulhu rises from the deep, I would surmise, saying they knew the Kraken was there all along. Quote "Tell me what you found, not what you lost" Mesopotamian proverb __________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 These Norwegian 'scientists' will also likely not be surprised when Cthulhu rises from the deep, I would surmise, saying they knew the Kraken was there all along. What? Are you pulling my leg? You know he's down there! SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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