Researching the Deep-Sea Virus


 * Montpellier Marine University conducted
 * research via unmanned submersible during
 * the fourth expedition to the Kermadec
 * Trench. At 9000 meters, a new type of
 * super deep-sea predatory fish was
 * discovered.


 * The deep seas have a unique effect on
 * living organisms. But this creature, in
 * addition to the usual tolerance to high
 * pressures, displays an unbelievable
 * degree of motility and a ferocity not
 * usually found at such depths.


 * What surprised us after examining the
 * fish was that these unique traits were
 * not native to the fish's biology, but
 * were caused by a viral infection.


 * Owing to the unfathomable nature of this
 * virus, we decided to give it the name
 * "The Abyss." We will continue to
 * research it. We must find out why it
 * takes the large fat and water reserves
 * of deep-sea fish, which are suited to
 * the high-ressure, low-oxygen, low-
 * temperature depths, and turns them
 * into high-density bone and muscle
 * structures that are not usually found
 * in organisms who live in deep-water
 * habitats.


 * If we can successfully develop a working
 * B.O.W., we will have moved research in
 * this field light years ahread. It is
 * important to note blood transmission of
 * the virus appens in 99.76% of all cases
 * to date.


 * In rare cases some test subjects do not
 * become infected if they take the virus
 * orally, perhaps because it is duluted.


 * We wil do all we can to improve the
 * effectiveness of this virus and
 * redouble our efforts.


 * (The rest of the paper is faded and
 * illegible.)