Into the Darkness of Hydrothermal Vents
In Into the Darkness of Hydrothermal Vents, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores organic material that decays and creates a toxic lake in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico within hydrothermal vents. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet II, a natural history series that explores the world's oceans, the animals that live in them, and the threats they face, using modern filming techniques and equipment to capture previously unseen areas of the ocean.
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Q: What does the decaying matter produce?
A: It produces methane.
Q: What lives inside brine?
A: Mussels and lobsters can live inside brine.
Q: What can happen to animals like eels when they go inside the brine?
A: They go into toxic shock.
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