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Giant Marine Life Found off New Zealand

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• In this undated photo supplied by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, or NIWA, Benthic team members Sadie Mills, left, NIWA curatorial technician, and Niki Davey, NIWA marine ecologist, hold giant Macroptychaster sea stars (starfish) measuring up to 60 centimeters across in Antarctic waters. Scientists found that some marine life doesn't come small in Antarctic waters, with giant-sized specimens surprising researchers during a survey of New Zealand's Antarctic seas that ended this week.
• In this undated photo supplied by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA curatorial technician Sadie Mills poses with a recently collected sea cucumber known onboard as a 'sea pig' in Antarctic waters. Scientists found that some marine life doesn't come small in Antarctic waters, with giant-sized specimens surprising researchers during a survey of New Zealand's Antarctic seas that ended this week.
• In this undated photo supplied by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA fisheries scientist Brent Wood, left, and Italian National Antarctic Museum taxonomist Stefano Schiaparelli, right, examine an Antarctic toothfish (1.81 meters long, 57 kilograms) in Tangaroa's wet lab in Antarctic waters.
• In this undated photo supplied by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Research vessel Tangaroa goes into pack ice in the Ross Sea.

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