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'Communities' of extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean (bbc.com)
27 points by moontoast on Aug 2, 2025 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Why do we send humans to those depths rather than a camera? I assume signal to control the camera is hard at those depths but that is the only reason I can imagine.



Because we can


The water pressure at 9km deep is about 900 atm!


  > 900 atm!
completely off-topic but i initially read that as "at the moment" and then i realized it must be "atmospheres" (i hope ^^)


It seems a shame to wonder if deep sea worms and molluscs will become the next headline meal at Hong Kong's high end Cantonese seafood restaurants: no doubt like everything else they go well with oyster sauce and finely cut ginger.




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