Imagination to Animal.

If I told you to name all the animals that live in the ocean, how many could you name? Maybe 50? Maybe 100? Of these animals, how many could you name that live 3,280 feet below sea level? Probably none. MSNBC tells of a new census that will be released in October 2010. 5,600 species of marine life have been discovered in deep ocean water. Researchers from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, have found that many species in deep water feed off of chemicals from the ocean floor.

The deep sea was considered a desert until not so long ago; it's quite amazing to have documented close to 20,000 forms of life in a zone that was thought to be barren. -Jesse Ausubel

This discovery shows that a lot of animals can survive in the deep sea under heavy water pressure and in complete darkness. The biodiversity of animals is so extensive in the ocean. It is the least explored place on the planet. One of the challenges oceanographers are trying to overcome is creating equipment that can reach the bottoms of the ocean. 2,000 scientists from 80 countries are trying to catalog these species. Although this is difficult, it may be harder to pay $50,000 dollars a day to use vehicles that travel to the bottom of the ocean. Scientists think that there may be up to a million or more species that have not been discovered.

I think that if we can produce technology that can explore the ocean floor, not only will have a better understanding of life on earth, but we could possibly stumble upon plants that could be used as medicines. Or animals that could be used to consume. It would be a very prosperous thing for a country that could reach the bottom of the ocean floor. I think if we want to know about the history of our planet we need to start from the bottom.