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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by swampwitch@lemmy.world to c/science@mander.xyz

The ocean is Earth’s last great mystery, a vast, uncharted world teeming with lifeforms we have yet to encounter. And now, scientists have uncovered a new deep-sea predator lurking in the shadows of the hadal zone—an extreme, inhospitable environment nearly 8 kilometers beneath the ocean’s surface. This recently identified creature, Dulcibella camanchaca, is not just a new species; it belongs to an entirely new genus, revealing an evolutionary branch previously unknown to science.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Too difficult to get a photo?

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago
[-] pauldrye@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

😍 Awww, whooo's the cutest little menacing new predator? Is it you? Is it you? It is! 😍

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Ty, was that in the article and I missed it?

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't know, for me the article doesn't show any pictures - probably because of adblock. So I just googled it.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Ty. I'm too lazy for that shit 😉

[-] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately, I bet it already has plastic in it.

this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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