‘Barbie pigs’ and ‘unicumbers’ among several bizarre, new species discovered at proposed site for deep-sea mining site in the Pacific
Between 13,000-16,000 feet under the sea, biodiversity researchers have raced to document whimsical, new marine life in advance of a green energy mining project. Their latest finds include a bright pink ‘Barbie pig’ — a multi-legged ‘amperima’ sea cucumber that forages along the sea floor for dead plankton, called ‘marine snow.’ Other specimens include an
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