Amazingly Strange Deep Sea Creatures

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Once considered an environment that simply couldn’t support life, the deepest darkest reaches of the seas have since been proven a treasure trove of mind-boggling creatures – beautiful and strange, sometimes even nightmarish.  The results of a ten-year deep sea census of marine life have been revealed by scientists at last and the images that they have captured are absolutely astounding.

Check out some of the creatures they found below, via Treehugger:

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Here are a couple amazing previous discoveries:

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See the rest – along with a press release and even a video – at the Census of Marine Life website.

Link COML + Treehugger

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