Lovecraft was right...

Did they have to name-drop "climate change"? I know it's the popular way to get money these days, but c'mon...climate change on the bottom of the sea?

Also: epic win. I want a giant Sea Spider.
 
"Gigantism is very common in Antarctic waters," Martin Riddle, the Australian Antarctic Division scientist who led the expedition, said in a statement. "We have collected huge worms, giant crustaceans and sea spiders the size of dinner plates."
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Antarctic water + Animal = Giant Animal

Now I can finally make that army of giant crabs!
 
That is really cool and exciting. I wonder what would happen if you could put one of those spiders in a tank and sell em in pet shops. Bah just a pipe dream. I will move to the antarctic just to keep one.

Frostbite on my nads? No problem, I will have a giant sea spider.

Brother None said:
Did they have to name-drop "climate change"? I know it's the popular way to get money these days, but c'mon...climate change on the bottom of the sea?
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This little problem they are studying may be a problem but doesn't belong with a discovery like this.

The whole "study of climate change on the bottom of the sea" thing doesn't seem right to me either.
 
I HATE SPIDERS!

Having said that, they really don't look like spiders, if those tendrilled creatures were the spiders, they remind me more of some kind of jellyfish or starfish.
 
Brother None said:
Did they have to name-drop "climate change"? I know it's the popular way to get money these days, but c'mon...climate change on the bottom of the sea?
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And you have been studying climate change for a long time, which is why you know there can be no climate change on the bottom of the ocean, right?
 
fedaykin said:
Brother None said:
Did they have to name-drop "climate change"? I know it's the popular way to get money these days, but c'mon...climate change on the bottom of the sea?
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And you have been studying climate change for a long time, which is why you know there can be no climate change on the bottom of the ocean, right?
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Exactly.
 
The ocean is actually a huge part of the carbon cycle, and the studies do matter to people who care about climate change.
Also, when the ocean carbon sinks become too dramatic, and when the saltwater/freshwater ratios of seawater change, underwater animals can't breathe effectively or are unsuited for the type of water. The arctic ocean is changing dramtically, and while the climate itself doesn't change down there, the effects on the amount of ice above has a huge effect on these deep water habitats.

My gripe is that I don't give a shit, lets all fucking drowned, I'm okay with that.

And the spiders were cool as hell, they look fun to play with.
 
fedaykin said:
But seriously, BN, what makes you automatically think it was just name-dropping?
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Realism?

Global warming research has still not matured because you're not really allowed to conclude that global warming isn't majorly affected by mankind (that's a taboo), but it's still the easiest way to get some funding.

More power to 'em, I'd say. But this is obviously a much broader research in ecology in general, discovering new species along the way. None of this has any actual relevance to global warming until 10 years on when they return - and the global warming hype will have hopefully died down (just figure; 30 years ago now they were talking about fighting global cooling by covering the Arctic with coal-dust).

Hence, name-dropped. Hence, more power to them. QED.
 
What's so special about that spider (besides it hasn't been discovered before)? It's like a jellyfish to me, it doesn't even resemble a spider in a biological way (it's not an arachnid - or is it?).
 
In keeping with the title of this thread, I'd like to point out that these sea spiders bear an unnerving resemblance to the alien race in At the Mountains of Madness.

What's next, a shoggoth?
 
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