Strange Things Found On The Ocean Floor

Plankton is the contributor of oozes.

Strange things found on the ocean floor.

From treasure to hidden cities there have been many weird bizarre and indeed valuable things discovered at the bottom of the sea. The other creepy things you ve seen on this list are usually only seen in the deep dark parts of the ocean. There are two types of oozes. An ancient computer.

Russian surveillance vessel red sea. 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. 15 pics of strange things actually found on the ocean floor 10 on beaches we think we ll stick to dry land. That s right long before microsoft or apple there was apparently this wonder the antikythera mechanism.

16 tank and masks haunting reminder of the war the nippo maru can be found in truk lagoon micronesia and is quite an astonishing site for divers. This territorial fish is known for its very strange appearance with its large mouth being its most prominent feature. They could be at the beach you swam into a while ago. Here we take a look at 10 of the weirdest things found on the ocean s floors to date.

Calcareous oozes and siliceous oozes. 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. There are a lot of weird things in the ocean really weird things. 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.

Terrigenous sediment is the most abundant sediment found on the seafloor followed by biogenous sediment. They could even be present in the salt water you accidentally drank while swimming. 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. Thanks to numerous sunken cargo vessels all manner of man made treasures lurk on the ocean floor.

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. Lindberg s team which has had success in the past recovering. The sediment in areas of the ocean floor which is at least 30 biogenous materials is labeled as an ooze. These centuries old microbes however are everywhere.

Or in the reef you ve snorkeled in. By nicci martel dec 23 2018.