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The Titan imploded before it reached 12,500 feet. The Mariana Trench is almost 36,000 feet. This is how dangerous the deep ocean really is.

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Would you descend to the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

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What makes the bigfin squid (Magnapinna) look so unusual?

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The tallest waterfall on Earth is hiding underwater...

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NOAA found washing machines, dryers, chest freezers and dishwashers, lying in the mud on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico...

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Nearly seven miles down, nothing grows. So how did all of this end up on the seabed?

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Three hearts. And one of them can simply… stop.

Octopus biology is somehow even stranger than it looks from the outside. Their unusual circulatory system comes with some fascinating trade-offs, especially when they need to move fast or escape danger.

I’ve just covered the full story on ‪@UnchartedZoo‬, where I’m exploring more bizarre animal adaptations from across the natural world.

A little crossover for the ocean lovers here. 👀🐙

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In 2012, James Cameron dropped seven miles to the deepest point on Earth, and what he saw through the window was almost nothing. He came back up thinking the bottom of the Mariana Trench was basically dead.

The real discovery didn't happen until more than a year later, when a researcher at Scripps went through his raw footage frame by frame and found the life he'd driven right past.

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What do you think could be hiding down there? 👀

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🏞️ Which lake contains about 20% of the world’s unfrozen surface freshwater?

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