Weird Creatures Found in the Mariana Trench?

ALL UNIQUE - Scientists from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego found astrange creature living in the Mariana Trench, the deepest oceanon Earth. Strange living creatures in the form of a giant amoeba,scientifically called xenophyophores, found at a depth of about 10.5 km below sea level.


"Amoeba's awesome giant can adapt very well in extreme environments, but at the same time very vulnerable and not much studied," says Lisa Levin, a biologist who is also Director of theDeep Sea Scripps Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation.

Levin explains, xenophyophores is one of the greatest individualsingle cell, can sometimes grow to 10 cm. Recent studiesindicate, by trapping the particles in water, xenophyophores canaccumulate lead, uranium, and mercury that is consideredresistant to heavy metals.

Known, it is suitable xenophyophores live in a dark, cold, andhigh pressure as in the depths of the ocean. "Identification ofgiant cells in the deepest marine environment opens up new habitats for the study of biodiversity and adaptation to extremeenvironments," said Levin, as quoted by FoxNews, Friday(10/21/2011).

To be able to find this living, working with Eric Levin and GrahamBerkenpas Wilhelm, inaccessible area imaging engineers from the National Geographic Society. They use equipment called"dropcams", consisting of HD cameras and lights inside theglass material. This equipment is able to survive in the marine environment of high pressure.
source: kompas.com