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1 Comb Jelly (Pleurobrachia sp.) 2 Comb jellies take their name from the bands of cilia or combs that Bluebottle (Physalia physalis) beat in waves, shimmering all colours of the rainbow and propelling the animal forward. Bluebottle jellyfish, an oceanic creature, is often found 3 Problems with submarine. washed ashore on New Zealand’s exposed beaches, Miss a turn while it is fixed. following stormy weather. The deep ocean is a similar You see a lot of new deep-sea temperature to 4 creatures. Miss a turn while you your fridge, photograph them. ~3 C Object of the Game 7 To find the elusive Colossal Squid! 5 8 6 9 Take turns throwing the die and 1. moving your submarine forward. Follow the instructions on the square Something swimming where you land. past the window. 10 Follow it and move When approaching the bottom, you may 4 spaces. 2. only move if you have the exact number or less required to reach the squid.
3. Once you have found the squid, 11 80-90% of midwater throw the die one more time to discover deep sea animals can your fate as a Deep Sea Explorer! make their own light.
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13 You forgot to go to the toilet before you left. You must now use the bottle.
Googly Eyed Squid (Teuthowenia pellucida) 14
This transparent squid is probably the most common of the small oceanic squid found in New Zealand waters but is rarely seen alive. 15
Low oxygen levels! Speed up to save air. Move ahead one space. Black Swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
Can you swallow a donkey in one bite? Th e Black Swallower catches and swallows whole fish more than twice its body 16 length – a comparable feat! Only 7 manned submersibles in the world operating today can explore depths of more than 1000m. 17 Warty Anglerfish (Himantolophus 18 Find a new species of Fangtooth (Anplogaster cornuta) worm. Name it after groenlandicus) yourself. Miss a turn. These small but powerful predators with distinctive long, fang-like Often described as a swimming potato, these teeth, are found around the world. midwater predators attract their prey with bioluminescent lures. 19
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21 Your submarine Captain is 22 scared! Go back 2 spaces while 23 you convince him to go on. 24 60% of the earth’s You have discovered a whole surface is covered by 25 new deep sea community. Throw the die to see how water deeper than 1 km. 26 many new species and how many extra spaces to move.
Black Gloom – nothing to be seen. Speed up to save battery power. Take an extra turn. Dumbo Octopus (Grimpoteuthis sp.) Lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox) 27 Their name comes from the long fins attached to the side of The laziest fish in the sea, it hardly moves even to feed! their head, which make the octopus look like ‘Dumbo the Their prey is swallowed down whole and ratcheted down Elephant’, a Disney character. the throat by its own struggling.
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95% of the deep sea is unexplored. Giant Sea Spider (Colossendeis sp.) Hagfish (Eptatretus cirrhatus) 29 Growing to more than a half metre across, they are among the Also called a snot eel, this fish produces bucketfuls of creepiest-looking creatures in the ocean. thick slime in an instant and can tie itself in knots.
30 Congratulations ! You have found the elusive Colossal Squid. Bubblegum Coral Throw the die one more time to (Paragorgia arborea) discover your fate as a Deep Sea Explorer! As the largest of the deep sea organisms, some colonies are nearly two storeys high and over 500 years old.
You get a fantastic photograph The camera malfunctions, The Colossal Squid You try to capture the You are fascinated by This huge giant gives you and become a world famous 30 so no one believes that attacks the submarine but Colossal Squid but the the Colossal Squid, spend the scare of your life and photographer (and a millionaire) you actually saw the your Captain acts fast and squid fights back and the next four years studying you become a famous for this is the first in the world. Colossal Squid. is able to escape the wrath unfortunately you don’t it to get your Ph.D. and science fiction writer, No one else has a photo of a of those armed tentacles. survive the encounter. become a world renowned writing about monsters live Colossal Squid! squid scientist. in the sea.
The Colossal Squid attacks the submarine but your Captain acts fast and is able to escape the wrath of those armed tentacles.