Scientists Discover and Photograph New Deep-Sea Species Called ‘Barbie Pigs’
The crew on theJames Cookresearch vessel discovered several new species. One of the standouts among their discoveries is the Barbie pig, a hot pink sea pig. University of Southhampton PhD student Bethany Fleming came up with the name after the team had watched theBarbiemovie together. The Barbie pig is a newly discovered species of sea pigs, which are a type of sea cucumber. (Photo: ©SMARTEX Project, NERC/smartexccz.org) The sea pig, a punch in of sea cucumber, was just the right shade of Barbie pink....