A Surprising Discovery in the Cold Seep Ecosystem
In A Surprising Discovery in the Cold Seep Ecosystem, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the cold seep ecosystem. Learn about the ecosystems that scientists have recently discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
Sir David Attenborough journeys into the abyss to show us, for the very first time, strange and terrifying creatures, many of which are new to science. Learn more.
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Q: What did the submersible discover in the 1990s?
A: It found an underwater lake with a shoreline.
Q: What did they discover actually created the ecosystem?
A: The sand was actually made of muscles and the lake was brine.
Q: What is unique about the cold seep and the tube-worms?
A: They don’t need the Sun’s energy to survive.
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