Deep-ocean cameras capture ‘living fossils’
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 14:14
in Biology & Nature
Remote-controlled cameras sent down to depths of more than 4,500 feet in the Coral Sea have brought back unprecedented views of six-gilled sharks, giant oil fish, swarms of crustaceans and nautiluses that have been compared to "living fossils." Coral Sea - Fish - Crustacean - Deep sea - Living fossil
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