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Ben Turner

Hidden underworld filled with never-before-seen creatures discovered beneath the seafloor

Tube worms form part of a recently ecosystem beneath a dep sea hydrothermal vent.

Beneath an undersea volcano, scientists have discovered a hidden world filled with bizarre creatures.

The first-of-its-kind habitat is teeming with never-before-seen life-forms, including strange species of worms, snails and deep-dwelling octopuses. The ecosystem, nestled beneath hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise off Central America, was found when scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor used a robotic arm to scrape away layers of seafloor. 

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