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Carnivorous "Death-Ball" Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Weirdos Discovered In The Southern Ocean

The Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census confirmed the previously unknown deep-sea weirdos as new species following two cruises to explore the area. The most surprising of these new creatures is a ...

Scientists Just Found a ‘Death-Ball’ Sponge and a Whole Bunch of Other Deep-Sea Weirdos

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...
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Researchers Discover ‘Death Ball’ Sponge and Dozens of Other Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures in the Southern Ocean

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...