Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-08
THE PEOPLE Of
THE MARINE
ABYSS
Story Told BY Assistant Pro-
lessor Of Zoology In Uni.
versIty OF California.
tay MARRY SEAL ToRREvl

tay MARRY SEAL ToRREV.l
Not more han siNty years ago
nansailats Thought that DE bottom
of me seq was cold. dark. silent.
dessert ouuniry. muiiualess. uulnhahi.
ted They had actually figured out.
iu advance oi aaCuuRto explorations
of this unknown territory. Just why
Wmnlams could aot possibly live
here.
ln tne nrm place. the enarm0ns
r1esHufe nt qnYHmal depths wac
Thought 10 ho Ear ll yDnd the endur.
arre ~ any living creature 4 sim.
iir cnloulatius brought cat The fari
That, ni such moderate ocean dopih
hf l2NUo feet. ihc weight % column
nf water one inch aqulnt and reach
inE io the surface o. approximately
tWo aud one half tons That any or.
sNniHm could support such q pressure
Was az Idea vfsfiy Improbable 90 the
ince ui f The barracuda. lhc esr.
dine. Oh uait worm. lhe familiar sea.
fedE ~ the shore. are obliged ia
support little more ihnn me weight
- Che aimoFpherc or little more
dian hfiecn pounds Co Inc square
iufh u was hard 90 snc hou such
ureAnissne could avoid being crush.
30 40 pulp under the weight 40
fFp miles of aait water
Besides thla Eftai ur Hmfe. orHan
iiipa nov arfng 40 the dolKh 81 81.
200 inet would b. compelled "a 20.
autn a eonHiHnt temperature o. the
n1ghho1hnod az The freezing point OF
wnior
Funher. a. seemed A. though thor
wouid be- obliged le Fsg on aiiA ili-
iie ug none 90 che oxygen which b.
30 essential iD THE rapiruiion ~
plants AMI animals. because they
would Eve in ataEnaul uMar. miles
away from the natural source of Uky.
gen. The atmosphere.
Fin1ly, they wu9d live I'M strFlnH
darkncN. For the light 81 the fan
canof force iia AMY thrnnrh sea
wales even 90 the depth az 500 fath.
ums. in say nothing 90 e0oa Thls
Tact EEefVlsea aa important inhh wee
over tae deep sos food supply Green
plants cannot live ia the dark. 1'nry
unlend upon tba sunIlahf Tor ala III
transforming sUfh simple chemical
aunaiauans a. curb0nlr acld and wat
90 iaip that staple article ~ Veee.
table Diet siarch Animals arc pow.
efiela 90 feed themselves la fhaf w..
Accordingly they rely ultimately up-
90 pahia fur Substance Where fhfre
are no plants then. II seems urea
aonable fo expeci animals
Thie vac tho s0r 0f argument
which sell ulgn disposed az Toe pos.
@hlilY Of an abysmsl fauna ai the
very heelpuiHa of deep-soa eNpiofa.
son The p1uuf of TIE pnddins. hoa.
ever ~ alWaga ln the eating thereof
Explorers ihtiH uefH who doubted
Their persistence has lea 90 maRnif
cent dirfpfefies The unanlmity 0f
lhelf repuria ln one respect b n,
mafhabie. Without exception fney
ali assert mat tho buiiom 30 zoe "a
o. from being nuinhebiiad 81 neo-
piei by a wonderful variety ~ ant
pal forms an struggles hopefully
'Nr food ami QNgFen against iho 40
pafcnily uForpoWurlpT odds Of cold.
DARKNESS anu rhushinF nIssfufo
iiaa fhes Haina'n their places Iu
.hif aiulgg'e u a STORY tod |n 'afge
para Hy recent lnYaiisaipga
d is striking fnr ilei none ~
.hom ara heavily urmofesl aTHnal fhe
Saftf pressure 6fmneo al 81 May
seem. fhoy are flr mufo tightly clad
.aan thelr relailYos qf the giFfare
Without heavy ufmof chen. Thor are
able io lite a. the bottom only when
~ internal pressure 81 ibe nnida la
heid 1oilos can OFFSET enc weight ~