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The Mystery Mollusk Roaming The Midnight Zone

The Mystery Mollusk Roaming The Midnight Zone


Episode 1168


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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