Not elder law:creepy new (old) fish discovered
Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of speciesisolated for millions of years found ma
rine life believed to bepreviously undiscovered, including a tentacled orange worm and anunusual black jellyfish. Project leader Dr. Larry Madin saidTuesday that U.S. and Philippine scientists collected about 100different specimens in a search in the Celebes Sea south of thePhilippines. Madin, of the Massachusetts-based Woods HoleOceanographic Institution, said the sea is at the heart of the “coraltriangle” bordered by the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia _ aregion recognized by scientists as having a high degree of biologicaldiversity. The deepest part of the Celebes Sea is 16,500 feet.The team was able to explore to a depth of about 9,100 feet using aremotely operated camera.
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