A vast whale graveyard discovered on the floor of the Indian Ocean comprises 476 whale fossil sites (with 5 active whale falls) extending ~1,200 km along the seafloor at depths between 4,200 and 7,000m. Whale falls have occurred there for at least 5.3 million years.🧪👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
