Strange Things Found On The Ocean Floor

Plankton is the contributor of oozes.

Strange things found on the ocean floor.

An ocean exploration team led by swedish researcher peter lindberg has found what some are suggesting is a crashed flying saucer. This territorial fish is known for its very strange appearance with its large mouth being its most prominent feature. Read our list of strange ocean discoveries some of which even made it on to shore and be reminded of just how mysterious a place the ocean still can be. 15 pics of strange things actually found on the ocean floor 10 on beaches we think we ll stick to dry land.

Although the sarcastic fringehead has been found on the surface of the ocean s waters they tend to remain in depths going down several hundred feet. By nicci martel dec 23 2018. Thanks to numerous sunken cargo vessels all manner of man made treasures lurk on the ocean floor. Terrigenous sediment is the most abundant sediment found on the seafloor followed by biogenous sediment.

There are a lot of weird things in the ocean really weird things. They could even be present in the salt water you accidentally drank while swimming. From treasure to hidden cities there have been many weird bizarre and indeed valuable things discovered at the bottom of the sea. Calcareous oozes and siliceous oozes.

That s right long before microsoft or apple there was apparently this wonder the antikythera mechanism. Here are 15 amazing things discovered on the ocean floor. The sediment in areas of the ocean floor which is at least 30 biogenous materials is labeled as an ooze. There are two types of oozes.

The other creepy things you ve seen on this list are usually only seen in the deep dark parts of the ocean. Here s a list of some of the most unique. Whether they belong there or not the sheer volume of strange discoveries that have been recovered from the sea is mind boggling and it grows day by day. These centuries old microbes however are everywhere.

The state of new jersey is known for many things but deep sea train wrecks are not one of them well not until 1985 when two rare trains from 1850 were discovered in. Russian surveillance vessel red sea. They could be at the beach you swam into a while ago. Here a diver examines the boiler of a steam engine that was blown off the deck of the ss thistlegorm when it was sunk on october 6 1941.

An ancient computer. Here we take a look at 10 of the weirdest things found on the ocean s floors to date.