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New lifeforms found in study of Australian reefs

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  1. peastri

    peastri iD'Artiste Luxury Box

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    New lifeforms found in study of Australian reefs | NEWS.com.au


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    New life ... Museum of Tropical Queensland researcher Neil Bruce studies specimens
    in a lighted aquarium on Lizard Island Reef. Hundreds of new lifeforms have been
    found as part of a four-year research project based on Lizard and Heron islands on
    the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia / AP


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    Discovery ... dendronepthya soft coral found in coral gardens on Lizard Island Reef / AP

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    Claws out ... a white topped coral crab collected from a dead coral head off Australia's Heron Island / AP

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    Ghostly image ... a Ctenophore or Comb Jellyfish collected off Wassteri reef, Heron Island / Reuters

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    Colourful ... sabellids or fan worms found in the waters off Heron Island / AP

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    Tiny find ... a green banded snapping shrimp, Alpheus parvirostris, taken from a dead coral head off Heron Island / AP

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    Prickly ... Pohls Sea Urchins found off Lizard Island in far north Queensland / Reuters
     
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  2. finswin56

    finswin56 Get a mop

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    What kind of shenanigans are you trying to pull here?
    Since when are carrots new?
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    Seriously, you all have some crazy **** down there :no:
     
  3. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    Seeing as they have alot of dangerous creatures in the land down under, They are most likely some sort of killer carrot worm creature, that in all likelihood secretes viagra.
     
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  4. Celtkin

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    Thanks for the article Penny and the pictures are awesome!
     

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