What is it with all of the weird sea creatures lately?

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Also (yeah, random): if it's a deep-water fish, is it possible to catch live and hold in an aquarium as part of a coelacanth breeding program? Is it possible to have deep-water fish in an aquarium, or does that screw with their systems too much?

When visiting Ralphie's lab at Harvard we got to see the pressurized vessels they were making to capture some deep sea specimens. More metal than glass (or whatever transparent material they use) I can't imagine them being employed well in a Sea World type environment. I know before their use there was still question about what could be brought back alive.

Another, fond memory is seeing numerous specimens that Ralphie (and his collegues) had yet to be able to identify:

Not Afraid: What's in this jar
Ralphie: Huh? Oh, we don't know yet