“It’s Like You’re a Space Explorer Encountering Aliens”
Scientists can now study species in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean. The post “It’s Like You’re a Space Explorer Encountering Aliens” appeared first on Nautilus.
The gossamer worm is a tiny feathery creature that lives 4,000 feet below the surface of the sea, in the blackest depths of the deep ocean. Recently, scientists found evidence that to locate its prey— larval fish and transparent arrow worms—the creature uses a pair of antenna-like tentacles to probe the water for whiffs of ammonia and sugars. The finding hints at how a creature that spends its entire life in a dark, seemingly featureless environment might find enough food to survive.
An estimated one-third to two-thirds of species in the ocean remain unknown to science. Many of
