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Deep-sea creatures, living in oblivion yet threatened from environmental disasters
Sep 12 2007, Kanchan

The floor of the earth’s vast oceans still holds many elusive creatures, a load of which seems threatened even before they have become known to humankind. Scientists fear that these deep-sea creatures are also unfortunately susceptible to...

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