Oceans - the Origins of Life  How deep is the ocean... How blue
is the sea... In all ways, forever - It speaks life to me.
Indian Ocean  Oceans cover nearly three quarters of our planet
and it is the wonderful element of water that makes life on
Earth possible. All life originated in the ocean and was
nourished by it. Even the blood flowing in our veins is little
more than modified seawater. It is the reason too that most of
us find the sea undeniably fascinating – at a cellular level it
reminds us where we came from. Oceans contain the secrets of the
origin of life and there are more life forms in the sea than on
land including some of earth’s most amazing creatures, amongst
them, the largest of all, the Blue Whale. This behemoth grows to
between 24-27 meters in length and weighs up to 200 tons. A
human could swim down its blood vessels and its tail is the
width of a jumbo-jet’s wings. It has a tongue the size of an
elephant and it can cruise effortlessly at 20 knots….. yet it
feeds on krill, a small abunda