Vast underwater whale graveyard discovered in Indian Ocean

Scientists have discovered an extensive underwater necropolis in the Diamantina Zone of the Indian Ocean, containing the remains of hundreds of whales spanning five million years. This site, located over four miles deep, is the largest, deepest, and oldest whale graveyard ever found. The necropolis supports thriving ecosystems with numerous species, many potentially new to science, that subsist on the whale carcasses, known as whale falls. AI

RANK_REASON Discovery of a new deep-sea ecosystem and potentially new species based on scientific research. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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• China’s Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering
• Diamantina Zone
• Indian Ocean
• Xiaotong Peng

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