What’s at the bottom of the ocean?

[Randy]

Ninety-five per cent of the ocean is unexplored. What’s down there? In 1960, Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard travelled seven miles down, to the deepest part of the ocean, in search of answers. Their voyage pushed the boundaries of human endeavour but gave them only a glimpse of life on the seafloor. It’s so difficult getting to the bottom of the ocean that for the most part we have to resort to sending unmanned vehicles as scouts. The discoveries we’ve made so far – from bizarre fish such as the barreleye, with its transparent head, to a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s made by crustaceans – are a tiny fraction of the strange world hidden below the waves.

Thoughts?

 

[Merciless]

The ocean is so huge that it will never be fully explored but it would be great if we could invent the technology to at least scratch the surface.

I believe they’ll be huge animals left unexplored and undiscovered, it’s just a matter of time and resources.

 

[Nebulous]

it will never be fully explored

Never say never.

 

[Merciless]

Never say never.

I do hate to say never but it’s very unlikely.

 

[Nebulous]

I do hate to say never but it’s very unlikely.

Humans have the rest time to explore it, they'll see everything eventually.

 

[Merciless]

Humans have the rest time to explore it, they'll see everything eventually.

I don’t know it’s pretty big lol but then again we do have a lot of time

 

[Nebulous]

I don’t know it’s pretty big lol but then again we do have a lot of time

Not in our lifetimes unfortunately.

 

[Merciless]

Not in our lifetimes unfortunately.

No, I don’t think we’ll have the technology to even begin to scratch the surface.

 

[Nebulous]

No, I don’t think we’ll have the technology to even begin to scratch the surface.

It’s so fascinating what they find in the ocean. Especially when they go to the real deep spots where the critters have never seen any sunlight. Don’t need to go to outter space to see aliens, they’re here on earth.

 

[Merciless]

It’s so fascinating what they find in the ocean. Especially when they go to the real deep spots where the critters have never seen any sunlight. Don’t need to go to outter space to see aliens, they’re here on earth.

Oh they definitely are, I wish we could get to some of the deepest parts of the sea you’d see some mad animals

 

[Nebulous]

Oh they definitely are, I wish we could get to some of the deepest parts of the sea you’d see some mad animals

Indeed! There’s a YouTube rabbit hole for you. Deep sea ocean life is insane.

 

[Merciless]

Indeed! There’s a YouTube rabbit hole for you. Deep sea ocean life is insane.

I’ll definitely have a look.

 

[Smiley]

 

[MrDawn]

Never say never.

Sand, sea weed, and sunken ships are at the bottom.

 

[Nebulous]

Sand, sea weed, and sunken ships are at the bottom.

...and beer bottles!

My uncle used to sink beer bottles off the side of his boat all the time, it annoyed me but he was too drunk to care.

 

[Kyng]

Probably all the objects I've lost over the years.

 

[Nebulous]

Probably all the objects I've lost over the years.

Spend a lot of time out on the ocean?