Do you think the deep oceans are home to large, still unknown creatures?

Answer 1

Absolutely. All range of organisms including crabs and jelly fish, and 3 m tube worms ('vestimentiferans', found in the 1970s) have been discovered recently. There are a few aquatic submersibles continually exploring the ocean floor and turning up new species daily. I believe there will be many more spectacular discoveries, especially as we don't have a good way of capturing a view of very mobile organisms in the deep. Giant squids were only filmed in the last year after many years of effort. And they are relatively common, frequently washing up on beaches.

A lot of efforts are focused on exporing volcanic vents and oceanic mountain ranges which are areas of high diversity. There is a lot of ocean floor in between these pockets, and probably many creatures that are hard to find.

This is a useful link:
http://venturedeepocean.org/life/discoveries.html

Answer 2

How large? I'd guess it's unlikely that there's anything larger than a blue whale, since an animal like that will need a lot of oxygen, so it will probably need to surface and breath air, or at least live near the surface if it has gills. Also, they will need to exist in sufficient numbers to keep the species from going extinct. Given this, the old time whalers have probably seen all the really large creatures. On the other hand, giant squid were known to exist but had never been photographed until very recently. No one really knows for sure. It's pretty amazing that people have explored the moon but we've barely seen the deep oceans.

Answer 3

Yes, I do think the deep oceans are home to very large still unidentified creatures. For instance I think there are carnivorous sharks even larger than the great white shark down there that perhaps hunt in packs and maybe even try to attack a sperm whale on a long, deep one hour and over one mile deep dive. They could also use team work to take apart a giant squid or colossal squid. There could be electric eels with ten times the lethality of the electric eel we know about in river of the South American basin and Amazon.

Answer 4

For Sure
Ron O'Dor, a senior scientist with the Census of Marine Life, said that in the last year, an international team of scientists has discovered at least 500 new underwater species, including gangly and googly-eyed creatures that can live in the most hostile of environments.

"The diversity in the oceans is huge and dramatic, more than anyone ever expected," the Halifax-based scientist said from London, where he was doing interviews prior to the release Monday of a report outlining some of the census's key findings.

Answer 5

Yes, it's possible. But not likely. There are a lot of anecdotes about ships emerging from the sea. But I have yet to come across anything in the form of government docs with military witness testimony on this. Also I am doubtful that they would have evolved here since it's hard to do a lot of the experiments required to advance science underwater. But you never know. I am open minded to many possibilities: (1) alien bases under water (2) alien tourist hotels underwater (funny but possible). ,etc.. But again, there's no proof. But it's healthy to have an open enough mind.

Answer 6

there´s some macrofauna in the deep oceans that´s been proved...and since it is not an easy to study zone it must have a few uknown species

Answer 7

Hi. Absolutely.

Answer 8

Sure is,there's some mother's out they,large as life..

Answer 9

Yes!!! there will always be. There is still specimens on land that haven't been found!

Answer 10

yes