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jumbo-starfish

Who would have thought there would actually be life in Antarctica waters? Scientists have found giant Macroptychaster sea stars  in Antarctic waters. They also found jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and those sea stars pictured above are about 2 feet wide. We are thinking that to keep those new jumbo sea stars in an aquarium at home you would need a mighty powerful chiller, along with a massive tank to go along with it. Researches also found a new sea cucumber they have nick-named “sea pig”. Nice.  Robertson, a scientist with NIWA said that of the 30,000 specimens collected, hundreds might turn out to be new species.

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  1. jeffry r. johnston
    Posted March 24, 2008 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

    Starfish just went from cute little critters to oversized monsters of the deep. I’m going to have nightmares about these beasts, I just know it …

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