• The Mystery Mollusk Roaming The Midnight Zone

  • Nov 15 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
  • Podcast

The Mystery Mollusk Roaming The Midnight Zone

  • Summary

  • This critter lurks in the ocean's midnight zone, has a voluminous hood, is completely see through and is bioluminescent. It's unlike any nudibranchs deep sea experts have ever seen before — and now, the researchers who spent twenty years studying them have finally published their findings.

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