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World’s largest whale graveyard discovered dating back 5.3 million years
Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.
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What happenedScientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.
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CenterWorld’s largest whale graveyard discovered dating back 5.3 million years
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World’s largest whale graveyard discovered dating back 5.3 million years
Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.
For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die
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Chinese deep-sea explorers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have discovered the largest “whale-fall site” ever recorded in the Indian Ocean. The graveyard is the Earth’s deepest a...
World’s largest whale graveyard discovered dating back 5.3 million years
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Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.
