Monsters of the deep still undiscovered

I will always say scientists know more about mars and the moon than they know about the sea.These creatures will not be found by anyone because the depths they live.The pressure is tremendous as you go deeper keeping curious visitors away.

There is so much of the ocean that is still unexplored. This is why off-shore drilling for oil is SUCH a bad idea. We could damage a part of our ecosystem that we haven't even discovered.

Live and let live.If they aren't doing harm them leave them alone.

the world is huge, and if these animals have been around for millions of years, im sure they are smarter than letting us find them so we can make chop them up and see how they work.

mermaids anyone?

All I know is everytime scientists predict there are this many species that are undiscovered that there are always much more then that...so basically 18 means about 3000

Dont worry if Global Warming is real these guys should float to the surface eventually

Holy crap, I always felt I knew that there were giant sea monsters.

Yeh, one minute you might think these undiscovered creatures are cool and interesting, then before you know it you've just had your head bitten off by a plesiosaur.

there is so much of the ocean we havent discovered yet. It would be so interesting to see what is hiding in the black, depths of the ocean...but maybe somethings are better left undiscovered.(for now anyway)

i think there are alot of crazy stuff going on in the ocean...its one of the greatest mystries in the world....and i know one day we will find the crazest, weirdest monsters of the deep...lets just hope that we dont kill them with all the dumping and all the nastey stuff that we are dumping in the ocean...viva la supperbeast of the deep.....they are out there...and one day we will find them...and then some stupid person will kill them and it will be the next thing on the menu at the bonefish grill

i think its not only plausible but positive fact. it would be amazing to study these creatures

Cloverfield anyone? "Its a lion, its huge!".

The idea that it's surprising that these animals might not have been noticed by man is a bit pretentious: We haven't observed over 99% of the life in our oceans; the huge giant squid which was only recently captured on film is testament to how easily large creatures can stay hidden from our very UNobservant species.

oh i hope they leave the poor things alone there's a reason they've been hiding

I'm talking UN venture, not necessarily American cash.

I think that there is plenty to understand about the ocean, it seems that if we figured it out many advances in life longevity and medicine might be possible. That and it would lower the cost of the equipment used and would lead to advancements in probing equipment, leading to advancements in space exploratory equipment.

I'm just tossing the idea around is all.

I think we should leave those creatures alone, I mean wouldn't be nice if there was still some mystery in the world, what would we do with those animals anyway? More money should be used in fixing America, not discovering the deep

I have an interesting idea.

The majority of seaworthy vessels are not exploratory but commercial. Oil tankers, cargo vessels, cruise ships, fishing, the like. An exploratory ship has a myriad of high tech and powerful equipment used to explore the depths of the ocean that standard vessels simply do not, partially because of cost, mostly because of a lack of necessity. What if the governments of the world subsidized attaching a module on the bottom of every ship, designed to collect immense amounts of data at no cost to vessel owners and at the benefit of exploration? This could aid in understanding this vast amount of unexplored mass right here on our own planet.

or they can eat us....

maybe , if we find them , we can eat them .

I have posted this response twice before on Current but I think it is still so true today. This is what the biologist Francesco Rovero had to say about such discoveries.

Gabriel Canada:
Is there any link between the large rodents found in New Guinea and your discovery? Also, what are your feelings on other recent species such as the collosal squid in the waters around the Arctic, and ultimately what do discoveries such as yours say about the biodiversity of the Earth?
Francesco Rovero:
We know that there are probably perhaps millions of species to be described yet. Most are invertebrates, which can be found pretty much everywhere, but especially in the tropics because they are more diverse. We also know there are probably millions of undescribed species in the deep oceans, below 1,000 meters.

It certainly gives us hope that there are still new forms of life to be discovered. Because of the extinction crises, we need to be faster in our discoveries and act more quickly to protect new species when we find them. Like the giant elephant-shrew, many new species are endangered by the time we find them and are bound to be very restricted.

Well, find them and we shall see...