So the best article on the internet for learning about SEA PIGS is Chris M’s post over on his Echinoblog. If you wanna know more, please check it out… THE ECHINOBLOG: Sea Pigs “Scotoplanes live in the ABYSS. That’s not just a little deep..that’s the DEEPEST part of the ocean on the flat oceanic plains. Its not unusual for sea pigs to be collected from over 6000 meters!!! How deep is that? That’s about 3.7 miles DOWN (by contrast the Grand Canyon at its deepest point is only about 1.1 miles deep). Some can be found shallower..but they live across a wide bathymetric range.Scotoplanes don’t just occur individually either. Collections and observations of these animals show that they often number in the hundreds. Early trawling records have recorded some 300-600 specimens per trawl…” (read more: Echinoblog) View high resolution

So the best article on the internet for learning about SEA PIGS is Chris M’s post over on his Echinoblog. If you wanna know more, please check it out…

THE ECHINOBLOG: Sea Pigs

“Scotoplanes live in the ABYSS. That’s not just a little deep..that’s the DEEPEST part of the ocean on the flat oceanic plains. Its not unusual for sea pigs to be collected from over 6000 meters!!! How deep is that? That’s about 3.7 miles DOWN (by contrast the Grand Canyon at its deepest point is only about 1.1 miles deep). Some can be found shallower..but they live across a wide bathymetric range.

Scotoplanes don’t just occur individually either. Collections and observations of these animals show that they often number in the hundreds. Early trawling records have recorded some 300-600 specimens per trawl…”

(read more: Echinoblog)

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    My new favorite animal. The sea pig.
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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GET IT THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME IT LOOKS LIKE A POTATO THAT MUTATED AND CROSSED WITH THE CREEPY OM THINGS...
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    this looks… unusual.. :l
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    ^ THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT, TOO.
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    IT’S A MUNNA 8|
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    Scotoplanes
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    This is a Sea Pig. Now, whenever I see an ocean photo, or the real ocean, I think of these sea pigs down there...