# Extremely weird new creatures discovered in the Tasman Sea! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032 "2004-03-24T00:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/1 "2004-03-24T00:47:10Z")
Not up to minute news, but it’s new to me! [Weird ocean life surprises](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3017078.stm) > [@](#): > > New species of underwater life, including a giant sea spider and armoured shrimps, have been discovered by a expedition trawling in deep water northwest of New Zealand. Check out the “Fangtooth” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/2 "2004-03-24T00:56:32Z")
Some other pics from same survey [What lies beneath](http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/21/1079823237850.html) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/3 "2004-03-24T01:02:28Z")
Cool…if our membership here bought us avatars, one of them would be mine 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/4 "2004-03-24T02:27:04Z")
I find this really, really disturbing: > [@](#): > > The spiders found on the sea floor […] have such small bodies that some of their internal organs are pushed down inside their hollow legs. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/5 "2004-03-24T02:37:03Z")
I think **Wonky-Eyed Squid** would be an excellent user name. ---
**Author:** ![woodstock989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@woodstock989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstock989)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/6 "2004-03-24T03:19:32Z")
Sea spiders - ewwwwww! Is there no refuge from spiders on this planet?? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/7 "2004-03-24T04:07:37Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Some other pics from same survey > > [What lies beneath](http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/21/1079823237850.html) That humpback angler fish I think is really just an ancho chile that got tossed overboard. That grew teeth and a Britney Spears microphone. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/8 "2004-03-24T12:37:18Z")
fangtooth viperfish spookfish wonky-eyed jewel squid They’re really running out of names, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/9 "2004-03-24T12:41:22Z")
Don’t dis the Wonky-Eyed Squid! I love that name 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/10 "2004-03-24T14:45:20Z")
This > [@](#): > > When a male finds a female, he bites into her side, never letting go. “He drinks her blood, in return for giving her sperm,” Dr Norman said. The flesh of the two fish eventually fuses “and they remain connected, permanently. It’s sexual vampirism, with a bit of dwarfism thrown in. They have found females with up to six males attached.” is pretty durn nasty sounding too. “Sexual vampirism, with a bit of dwarfism thrown in” does sound like a fun weekend though. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/11 "2004-03-24T15:16:24Z")
The wonky-eyed squid made me laugh. "What are we going to call this thing then? Well, his eyes look a bit wonky… Right, The Wonky-Eyed Squid it is!" ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/12 "2004-03-24T15:46:41Z")
> [@LunaSea](#): > > The wonky-eyed squid made me laugh. > > "What are we going to call this thing then? > > Well, his eyes look a bit wonky… > > Right, The Wonky-Eyed Squid it is!" We Antipodeans are not the flowery types. We call it as we see it. If it’s wonky why not call it wonky. Just be happy that the geoduck (gooey duck) wasn’t discovered by Antipodeans or it would be known as the Giant Dick clam. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/13 "2004-03-24T17:53:32Z")
quote]The flesh of the two fish eventually fuses "and they remain connected, permanently. [/quote] :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-weird-new-creatures-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/236032/14 "2004-03-24T18:38:11Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Just be happy that the geoduck (gooey duck) wasn’t discovered by Antipodeans or it would be known as the Giant Dick clam. And so would the SDMB poster currently known as **geoduck**!