ONLY 10% of the Ocean on Earth has been explored?! [Pic]

Yakult

smash wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneDhOtVEQw

Love they way its so rare yet they decide to put it in captivity thus killing it. Great job guys. Now lets go find more rare species and kill them!

wilkie2006

krudler wrote: »

google image colossal squids, its basically a squid the size of a blue whale, these things exist.

ancient sea creatures are fcuking terrifying, the Liopleurodon, sweet jesus.

there's a series of books called Meg that are about a Megalodon discovered in the Mariana Trench, total hokum but great fun to read, imagine Jurassic Park but with sea monsters. a 70ft shark, shudder.

Jaysus. I think that this thread has just taught me that I have a phobia of the deep sea. Fuck me, I actually feel sick looking at these mad things.

A 70ft shark? That is flippin' terrifying!!!

Iceboy

Here is another interesting perspective

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lakes_and_oceans_large.png

Susie_Q

I remember reading this article a few years ago, when some fishermen found a collossal squid. It's one of the few to be sighted EVER and this is the first male specimen ever found intact. Totally bonkers and fascinating and amazing. Look at the siz of this fvcker!

From the article:

Heavier than even giant squid, colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) have eyes as wide as dinner plates and sharp hooks on some of their suckers. The new specimen weighs in at an estimated 990 pounds (450 kilograms).

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-squid-pictures.html

/end of excited rant by sea monster nerd

krudler

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Jaysus. I think that this thread has just taught me that I have a phobia of the deep sea. Fuck me, I actually feel sick looking at these mad things.

A 70ft shark? That is flippin' terrifying!!!

they were going to make a movie of MEG at one time but it keeps falling through, really hope someone does make it though the books are great reads. some concept art:
http://www.freewebs.com/kickasshorrorreviews/MEG2.jpg

http://horrorsnotdead.com/images/Surfs-Up.jpg

http://www.horror-movies.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/MEG_Concept_Art.jpg

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/meg1.jpg


the opening of the first book is a Megalodon eating a T-Rex who wanders into the sea, who wouldnt want to see that :pac:

Iceboy

krudler wrote: »

they were going to make a movie of MEG at one time but it keeps falling through, really hope someone does make it though the books are great reads. some concept art:
http://www.freewebs.com/kickasshorrorreviews/MEG2.jpg

http://horrorsnotdead.com/images/Surfs-Up.jpg

http://www.horror-movies.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/MEG_Concept_Art.jpg

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/meg1.jpg


the opening of the first book is a Megalodon eating a T-Rex who wanders into the sea, who wouldnt want to see that :pac:

A Movie with a shark like that has so much potential, hope whenever it does happen they make a damn good movie of it

Iceboy

Imagine we found something like this down in the depths..

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00737/SNN2005JJatlantisNE_737370a.jpg

CrazyRabbit

There be monsters.

wilkie2006

Iceboy wrote: »

Here is another interesting perspective

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lakes_and_oceans_large.png

That's absolutely fascinating. Thanks for posting!

I'm so intrigued by this all. Terrifying but amazing. Excellent, excellent thread, Iceboy


EDIT: My apologies, Iceboy. I thought that someone else had started the thread. Anyway, my post's corrected now. Fair play.

RobbingBandit

The underwater lair of Shergar And Lord Lucan.

BritsOut

Personally I watch every documentary I can find about the deep. There are some crazy and diverse life down there that can withstand pressures that would literally crush any land animals.

The deep ocean also contradicts biology's beliefs that life needs sunlight in order to survive. No sunlight penetrates more than 200/300 feet and we have found life as deep as we have gone and not just microbes.

I like how the more we explore the more we see how wrong we are about so many things, we are such a primitive species even though we consider ourselves an "intelligent species".

Keeping on the topic of the deep the giant Octupus is an animal you should look up it has intelligence that could rival ours except for the fact it can't transfer information or culture like we can and it's lifespan is quite short (around 4-5 years I believe).

Snowie

Iceboy wrote: »

Imagine what lurks down there...

sea quest dsv ?

maybe itle return

EdenHazard

BritsOut wrote: »

Personally I watch every documentary I can find about the deep. There are some crazy and diverse life down there that can withstand pressures that would literally crush any land animals.

The deep ocean also contradicts biology's beliefs that life needs sunlight in order to survive. No sunlight penetrates more than 200/300 feet and we have found life as deep as we have gone and not just microbes.

I like how the more we explore the more we see how wrong we are about so many things, we are such a primitive species even though we consider ourselves an "intelligent species".

Keeping on the topic of the deep the giant Octupus is an animal you should look up it has intelligence that could rival ours except for the fact it can't transfer information or culture like we can and it's lifespan is quite short (around 4-5 years I believe).

Link me them

krudler

Iceboy wrote: »

A Movie with a shark like that has so much potential, hope whenever it does happen they make a damn good movie of it

there is some stuff in there that would make some pretty epic movie scenes alright, the later books are about a giant aquarium made to be a whale habitat used to house the megs offspring and the resultant chaos they cause. Theres also other sea monsters, a sea underneath a sea (the Panthalassa, its what used to cover the world before Pangea broke into the continents we know now) and tons of other cool stuff, read the books they're dirt cheap on amazon, total brainless fun.

wilkie2006

krudler wrote: »

there is some stuff in there that would make some pretty epic movie scenes alright, the later books are about a giant aquarium made to be a whale habitat used to house the megs offspring and the resultant chaos they cause. Theres also other sea monsters, a sea underneath a sea (the Panthalassa, its what used to cover the world before Pangea broke into the continents we know now) and tons of other cool stuff, read the books they're dirt cheap on amazon, total brainless fun.

TBH, no one even needs to imagine space monsters for a film - they can just use stuff like this. Crazy stuff. :eek:

krudler

some sea monster viewing

wilkie2006

I wonder could something like this exist somewhere deep down...?

44leto

Octopussis gardens.

The octopus as intelligence goes is a very smart creature, some say higher then the killer whales, they can solve very complex puzzles. It also has addendum's to manipulate its environment. Humans got the land and if you could predict evolution (which you can't) octopussis will get the oceans.

This film is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDTtkZlMwM

Fighting Irish

Best AH thread in ages!

BritsOut

44leto wrote: »

Octopussis gardens.

The octopus as intelligence goes is a very smart creature, some say higher then the killer whales, they can solve very complex puzzles. It also has addendum's to manipulate its environment. Humans got the land and if you could predict evolution (which you can't) octopussis will get the oceans.

This film is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmDTtkZlMwM

I'm very intrigued by the octupus and saw a documentary about their puzzle solving abilities which was amazing to say the least. I also saw octupuses killing and eating sharks, now that is ****ing impressive.

44leto

BritsOut wrote: »

I'm very intrigued by the octupus and saw a documentary about their puzzle solving abilities which was amazing to say the least. I also saw octupuses killing and eating sharks, now that is ****ing impressive.

Very complex puzzles that involve calculation and creative thinking, but the daft buggers keep falling for the fishing hook.

Battered Mars Bar

Iceboy wrote: »

Imagine we found something like this down in the depths..

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00737/SNN2005JJatlantisNE_737370a.jpg

It's possible, perhaps even to find the ruins of a far more advanced civilization down in the depths. Considering this http://hallofthegods.org/articles/evidence-of-advanced-ancient-technology.html

steddyeddy

wilkie2006 wrote: »

I wonder could something like this exist somewhere deep down...?

Sea serpents have been reported every few years for hundreds of years. The giant squid was once also thought to be a myth and largely dismissed as "sailor's fantasies" until one was washed ashore on a beach. They real experts in marine biology have always been the sailors. All scientists do is confirm what the sailors know.

Donnielighto

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HvMmMrkLjrs/TqKzdxLqTII/AAAAAAAAAHI/0AA7m4zdUEU/s1600/deep_rising_monster.gif


Deep Rising

im invisible

Deleted User wrote: »

Fookin hell Jedward are everywhere

just readin over this thread, i turn around to look at the tv, and guess whos on it, they're EVERYWHERE