New life forms discovered in Antartic waters; Lovecraft did warn us

Scientists have come across some new life forms in the chilly seas around Antarctica.  At least one explorer caught the Lovecraftian ramifications:

It's "exciting when you come across a new species," said Chris Jones, a fisheries scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "All the fish people go nuts about that..."

(thanks to three-lobe-eyed Steve Burnett)

Comments

[Rob Vega]

Hmm . . . I'm not sure that they're gelatinous enough for HPL.

[Bryan Alexander]

Perhaps the scientists firmed them up. As a disguise, since the scientists' minds have obviously been hijacked.