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May 20, 2008

Brittlestar City on Macquarie Ridge

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Scientists surveying a large undersea mountain chain south of New Zealand stumbled upon "... millions of tiny starfish-like creatures, called brittlestars [above], swirling their arms to capture food in the undersea current," according to today's USA Today story about the discovery.

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Watch a video here.

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That is a major geothermal line. Maybe that is where they invented the coffee pot scrubber?

Posted by: wistrade | May 21, 2008 12:11:33 AM

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