After Scientists Discovered Mysterious Fossils, They Decided To Seal Earth’s Deepest Hole

Otherworldly Sea Creatures

And while life is harsh and unforgiving above the Antarctic waves, beneath them lies a vast abundance of bizarre, almost otherworldly sea creatures. One of the dive team members, Mark Taylor, told LADbible, “Within a square yard there is more life in the deep of the Antarctic than there is in the reefs of the Barrier Reef of Australia.” But for that, there are a variety of amazing explanations.

Otherworldly Sea Creatures

Marine Snow

For example, according to Dr. Jon Copley of the University of Southampton, the marine snow that the researchers saw under the Antarctic was “thicker than [he’s] seen it anywhere else in the world’s oceans.” But what is marine snow, and why did they say that it is essential to life on the seafloor?

Marine Snow