Swarm on a Deep Sea Shipwreck

Look closely…what do you see? If you said sharks, you’re right. This image, captured during the Deepwater Canyons 2012 expedition, shows a shipwreck covered with chain catsharks. The wrecks provide food and shelter for the sharks, and evidently, the sharks are pretty comfy hanging around the wrecks.

However, when these typically harmless sharks decide to attack the remotely operated vehicle, read what happens:

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/12midatlantic/logs/sept24/sept24.html.

(via: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research)

Notes

  1. wolffeeder reblogged this from ichthyologist
  2. deep-sea-adventure reblogged this from ichthyologist
  3. divingdork reblogged this from ichthyologist
  4. newfriendly reblogged this from ichthyologist
  5. symbol-in-my-driveway reblogged this from subconsciousflow
  6. thejives reblogged this from rhamphotheca
  7. naveloftheworld reblogged this from ichthyologist
  8. ichthyologist reblogged this from rhamphotheca
  9. chrisischemical reblogged this from subconsciousflow
  10. kerriphernelia reblogged this from mentalalchemy
  11. imsaari reblogged this from mentalalchemy
  12. z0rak reblogged this from subconsciousflow
  13. kali-sutra reblogged this from subconsciousflow
  14. subconsciousflow reblogged this from mentalalchemy
  15. hxpd reblogged this from mentalalchemy
  16. itsnova-yo reblogged this from mentalalchemy
  17. mentalalchemy reblogged this from rhamphotheca
  18. glarbglarb reblogged this from rhamphotheca
  19. commonloon reblogged this from rhamphotheca
  20. litty25 reblogged this from rhamphotheca