New ‘Oasis of Life’ Filled with Ravenous Sharks is Found Hiding Beneath Maldives Ocean

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Takeaways:

  • Deep-sea divers have discovered a new ecosystem 500 metres beneath the water’s surface in the Indian Ocean.
  • The discovered area is a very large ocean desert where swarms of fish and sharks descend to eat tiny sea creatures called micronekton.
  • This was the first time divers were able to document an immense diversity of sharks in the deep sea.

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