The Mystery Mollusk Roaming The Midnight Zone

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

This critter lurks in the ocean's midnight zone, has a voluminous hood, is completely see through and is bioluminescent. It's unlike any nudibranchs deep sea experts have ever seen before — and now, the researchers who spent twenty years studying them have finally published their findings.

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0:31.5	today we have Ari Shapiro.
0:35.8	Oh, I love that introduction.
0:37.4	Welcome back. Welcome back. The puff of smoke, the cannons, the fireworks. Good to be here. ARI Shapiro Oh, I love that introduction
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0:38.3	The puff of smoke, the cannons, the fireworks, good to be here
0:41.6	So it has been an exciting week in science news
0:45.7	First, we're going to tell you about a newly identified deep sea creature
0:49.4	And then the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system
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