REUTERS/Australian Antarctic Division/Handout
Animals known as tunicates which look like meter-tall glass tulips sit on the ocean floor at a depth of about 722 feet on the Antarctic continental shelf are shown in this handout image made available on February 19, 2008.


Australian scientists have filmed and and captured some amazing giant creatures in the icy waters of Antarctica. "Gigantism is common in in Antarctic waters, We've captured huge worms, giant shellfish eand sea-spiders as big as dishes. They live in the dark and have huge eyes." has explained the head of the mission.