+brian.srock Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 http://www.kvue.com/news/USGS-finds-2000-year-old-coral-near-BP-Gulf-well-118977134.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Probably aiptasia. They need to send down a Copperband Butterfly to take it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 This was not on the link you provided. Thought it was cool. A 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows 2- to-3-meter-tall orange colored, black coral trees (Leiopathes cf. glabberima) growing near Viosca Knoll in the Gulf of Mexico, which are among the oldest living organisms on Earth. For the first time, scientists have been able to validate the age of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico. They found the Gulf is home to 2,000 year-old deep-sea black corals, many of which are only a few feet tall. These slow-growing, long-living animals thrive in very deep waters—300 meters (984 feet) and deeper—yet scientists say they are sensitive to what is happening in the surface ocean as well as on the sea floor. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey, Ken Sulak) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballistic.reefer Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 am i allowed to call dibs for first frags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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