Environmental Graffiti

Extraordinary Creatures 3,000 Feet Below the Sea

What is as big as a hazelnut, lives 1,000 m below the ocean and looks like a pig’s bottom? Right, the pig-butt worm, which, since its discovery in 2007 in Monterey Canyon, has been the butt of many jokes. This strange-looking fellow is not alone though; it is amazing what creatures one can find deep below the surface of the ocean.

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