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299 792 458 m·s^−1 6.67384(80)×10−11 m³·kg^−1·s−2 6.626 069 57(29) × 10^−34 J·s 1.054 571 726(47) × 10^−34 J·s 4π × 10^−7 N·A^−2 = 1.256 637 061... × 10^−6 N·A^−2 8.854 187 817... × 10^−12 F·m−1 376.730 313 461... Ω 8.987 551 787... × 109 N·m²·C^−2 1.602 176 565(35) × 10^−19 C 9.274 009 68(20) × 10^−24 J·T^−1 7.748 091 7346(25) × 10^−5 S 12 906.403 7217(42) Ω 4.835 978 70(11) × 10^14 Hz·V−1 2.067 833 758(46) × 10^−15 Wb 5.050 783 53(11) × 10^−27 J·T^−1 25 812.807 4434(84) Ω 5.291 772 1092(17) × 10^−11 m 2.817 940 3267(27) × 10^−15 m 9.109 382 91(40) × 10^−31 kg 1.166 364(5) × 10^−5 GeV^−2 7.297 352 5698(24) × 10^−3 4.359 744 34(19) × 10^−18 J 1.672 621 777(74) × 10^−27 kg 3.636 947 5520(24) × 10^−4 m² s^−1 10 973 731.568 539(55) m^−1 6.652 458 734(13) × 10^−29 m² 0.2223(21) 1.660 538 921(73) × 10^−27 kg 6.022 141 29(27) × 10^23 mol^−1
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Posted 03-06-2009 at 02:07 PM by Bullet Magnet
Updated 03-06-2009 at 02:29 PM by Bullet Magnet
Who can tell me what this is? And I'm looking for specifics, people. The YouTube page won't help you.

Try to resist its hyponotic effects.


I'll tell you all later on. I must say, she puts Oddworld character design to shame, yet would fit right it.
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OANST's Avatar
Whatever it is, it's both terrifying and beautiful.

I actually envy you being able to study these things for a living.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 02:18 PM by OANST

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
Unfortunately most of what I do, and would be best paid to do, is indistinguishable from high school chemistry. There's a lot of assessing chlorophyll and nutrient concentrations of seawater. Also counting plankton under a microscope, which is always fun. Similarly, studying the glamorous organisms usually comes down to statistical analysis of one sort or another. The rest is bookkeeping.

Unless you're insane enough to get in a deep-sea submersible. We only tend to hear about interesting discoveries or the Indiana Jones stuff, but they're always backed up by gruelling paper and lab work.

But there are plenty of gemtastic moments, such as catching an alien creature go by the legs of your oil rig. This footage is from an industrial ROV performing routine maintenance.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 02:28 PM by Bullet Magnet

Wil's Avatar
Sheesh. Some kind of cephalopod? I got quite confused at 1:40. Shedding its…trail? Which then grew again quite rapidly.

:
It has all the characteristics of an octopus, yet it is obviously not an octopus.
Clearly not all the shared derived characters of an octopus, though. Unless it’s an octopus.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 02:29 PM by Wil

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
Pay no heed to YouTube. Its collective consciousness is not known for accuracy in these matters.

I rescind my demand for specifics. I now require only generics.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 02:40 PM by Bullet Magnet

Wil's Avatar
I was posting the YouTube comment to make fun of it. Geeky fun.

Googling for better news of this video returns the same video of a Magnapinna creature. Stunning. But not like this.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 02:50 PM by Wil

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Got it. I was trying to keep my searches generic, in case I was wrong with the initial cephalopod diagnosis. As soon as I gave that up and assumed the search term ‘octopus’ I found the video, and the creature. Blanket octopus, eh?

http://deepseanews.com/2009/03/tgif-strange-twisted-octopus/
Posted 03-06-2009 at 03:04 PM by Wil

Mac Sirloin's Avatar
It gives me the jibblies.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 09:51 PM by Mac Sirloin

shaman's Avatar
The sea (assuming that is infact a sea creature not a fresh water creature) will always in my opinion remain the most hauntingly mysterious thing on the planet.

it's quite majestic ...

shaman
Posted 03-07-2009 at 02:06 PM by shaman

Wil's Avatar
Oi. Marcus. Where’s my prize for winning?
Posted 03-07-2009 at 02:41 PM by Wil

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
I don't recall mentioning a prize. There will be one, of course. Just not necessarily for any of you.
Posted 03-07-2009 at 08:25 PM by Bullet Magnet

 

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