Deep Sea Creatures!

[Ocean Xplorer]

That last creature in the set of photos, the chimera, is pretty common up here in divable depths (we call them ratfish). The shallowest I've seen them is around 30 feet deep. They're actually kind of cute when they're alive.

Hi S****enstein! That's cool! We don't get to see that very often or maybe not at all! I guess it's different everywhere. Like the lionfish, we get them everywhere in Malaysia, but not so common in the States!

Thanx for sharing!

Happy Diving & Keep Those Bubbles Flowing!

Ocean Xplorer

 

[Ed_Dman]

That last creature in the set of photos, the chimera, is pretty common up here in divable depths (we call them ratfish). The shallowest I've seen them is around 30 feet deep. They're actually kind of cute when they're alive.

Wow! That's cool! Haven't seen one before! I've got to make a trip up there, one of these days. Used to lived in Seattle for 6 years and I've been to Victoria BC, but wasn't a diver yet back then.

My diving day in Victoria BC shall come! I'm just waiting!

Happy Diving & Keep Those Bubbles Flowing!

Ed. :scubadive:

 

[MarkH]

Wow! That's cool! Haven't seen one before! I've got to make a trip up there, one of these days. Used to lived in Seattle for 6 years and I've been to Victoria BC, but wasn't a diver yet back then.

My diving day in Victoria BC shall come! I'm just waiting!



Ed. :scubadive:

Here's the only photo I've managed to take of a ratfish (chimera). I quickly snapped the photo as it swam by, so it probably won't make the cover of National Geographic. You can't see the back of the fish where the body tapers down to a long point for a tail. I think they see them in Puget Sound too (they might even be more common there than here in Victoria). I hear they're all over the place a bit further north from where I am.

 

[marpacifica]

Looks like some other person is trying to pass off these photos as his own. Can someone leave a comment on this guy's pbase account that he may be violating another's copyright?

http://www.pbase.com/benzonar/deep_sea_fish

 

[cloustalot]

Looks like some other person is trying to pass off these photos as his own. Can someone leave a comment on this guy's pbase account that he may be violating another's copyright?

http://www.pbase.com/benzonar/deep_sea_fish

I did one better - I contacted NORFANZ and gave them the link to this guys site. I"m sure they'll be contacting him shortly.

C

 

[baltimoron]

hahaha, actually, I saw this TWICE on the Hebrew Language dive sites I look at.... Told both of them about the falsity.... I think I started a fight. Uh oh.

 

[Ed_Dman]

Here's the only photo I've managed to take of a ratfish (chimera). I quickly snapped the photo as it swam by, so it probably won't make the cover of National Geographic. You can't see the back of the fish where the body tapers down to a long point for a tail. I think they see them in Puget Sound too (they might even be more common there than here in Victoria). I hear they're all over the place a bit further north from where I am.

Hi Swan!

Nice photo! Thanx for sharing. It looked a bit different from the those taken by Norfaz. It looks pretty cool and the best part is, it's alive! Hopefully, I'll get to take a picture of it myself, one of these days.

Happy Diving & Keep Those Bubbles Flowing!

Ed. :scubadive:

 

[Tom Smedley]

Any time you have doubt check out
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Somewhat reliable source of what is true and what is not.

 

[TTA]

For those of you who may be interested - do you remember a TV documentary series called the Blue Planet done by the BBC? It's about all things marine...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/

I was watching it on TV recently (I'm in the UK) and there is a wonderful episode covering just deep sea creatures, which has footage of some of the fish in this post (filmed from deep sea submersibles, one of which can go down to 6km or so!!!). It is totally amazing - I would recommend you get a hold of that if you want to take a look of some of these creatures when they are alive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/programmes/tv/blueplanet/programme2.shtml

 

[archman]

Blue Planet's got some of the best film footage ever done, but I wish they'd spend more time on the narratives and less time on the "drama music". As a result, they're not good for use in the classroom.