Millions of tiny starfish inhabit undersea volcano

[slowhand]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Marine scientists surveying a large undersea mountain chain were amazed to find millions of tiny starfish swirling their arms to capture food in the undersea current.


An expedition by 19 scientists, including five from Australia, studied the geology and biology of eight Macquarie Ridge sea mounts. They are part of a string of underwater volcanoes — dormant for millions of years — that stretches 875 miles from south of New Zealand toward Antarctica.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519...ny_starfish;_ylt=Avimjy8RGYHU19poZLcBUOms0NUE

 

[Bigoldowls]

Ahhh! That's so cute.

 

[drew84]

That just shows that life can exist even in places where we thought it can't.

 

[senob44]

I've always said there are so many wonders of the sea that we haven't even scratched the surface of yet. It is impossible to say how much we haven't seen yet. The sea and space are similar in being the "final frontiers". Anything we can learn about either can likely only help humanity. Nice picture!

 

[negator]

That just shows that life can exist even in places where we thought it can't.

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