their abdomen i should say. so what they do is they cling to the surface of the vents and there is just enough of the cooled down fluid coming up to enrich the bacteria and then they use these come low anies of bacteria growing on their bodies as a food source. amazing. jon: my understanding they have been nicknamed of hoff crabs in deference to david hasselhoff, baywatch star who is known to support a hairy chest. that s right. jon: who said scientists don t have a sense of humor? that s right. jon: these things have never been seen before in part because it is so difficult to work in those latitudes off antarctica. that s right. the vents were discovered back in about 2000 but it took scientists from the british southhampton ocean graphic institute a decade to get back there they went back with a simple camera system. they realized they were onto something and able to return later with the rov, the isis.
see this. what s interesting about this, there are vent communities known from many other places in the ocean but the antarctic vents are cut off from the rest of the ocean by the strong currents that surround the antarctic continent. galapagos, laces like that can t make it to the antarctic vents. what is exciting other animals evolved, mechanisms for taking advantage of bacterial production that occurs at events. example of evolution at work. jon: never seen it before. didn t know it was there. fascinating planet. ian mcdonald. thanks for bringing us those pictures. appreciate it. jenna: i love the who have crab. jon: the hoff crab with the hairy chest. got to love it. jenna: battle for new hampshire could hinge on the undecideds. in fact our general election could hinge on that as well. there is new polling suggesting nearly half the folks in the granite state aren t quite sure who they are going to vote for. which candidates that helps
so what they do is they cling to the surface of the vents and there is just enough of the cooled down fluid coming up to enrich the bacteria and then they use these come low anies of bacteria growing on their bodies as a food source. amazing. jon: my understanding they have been nicknamed of hoff crabs in deference to david hasselhoff, baywatch star who is known to support a hairy chest. that s right. jon: who said scientists don t have a sense of humor? that s right. jon: these things have never been seen before in part because it is so difficult to work in those latitudes off antarctica. that s right. the vents were discovered back in about 2000 but it took scientists from the british southhampton ocean graphic institute a decade to get back there they went back with a simple camera system. they realized they were onto something and able to return later with the rov, the isis. they really scored. ist is really exciting to
they really scored. ist is really exciting to see this. what s interesting about this, there are vent communities known from many other places in the ocean but the antarctic vents are cut off from the rest of the ocean by the strong currents that surround the antarctic continent. galapagos, laces like that can t make it to the antarctic vents. what is exciting other animals evolved, mechanisms for taking advantage of bacterial production that occurs at events. example of evolution at work. jon: never seen it before. didn t know it was there. fascinating planet. ian mcdonald. thanks for bringing us those pictures. appreciate it. jenna: i love the who have crab. jon: the hoff crab with the hairy chest. got to love it. jenna: battle for new hampshire could hinge on the undecideds. in fact our general election could hinge on that as well. there is new polling suggesting nearly half the folks in the granite state aren t quite sure who they are going to vote for.
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