What did they see at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

The organisms discovered in the Mariana Trench include bacteria, crustaceans, sea cucumbers, octopuses and fishes. In 2014, the deepest living fish, at the depth of 8000 meters, Mariana snailfish was discovered near Guam.
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What did they find at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

A recent study revealed that a plastic bag, like the kind given away at grocery stores, is now the deepest known piece of plastic trash, found at a depth of 10,975 meters (36,000 feet) inside the Mariana Trench.
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Have we ever seen the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

Explorer Reaches Bottom of the Mariana Trench, Breaks Record for Deepest Dive Ever. Explorer and businessman Victor Vescovo descended 35,853 feet (10,927 meters) into the Pacific Ocean, breaking the record for deepest dive ever.
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Who touched the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

In 1960, Navy Lt. Don Walsh (along with Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard) became the first person to descend to the deepest part of the ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
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Is there a place deeper than Mariana Trench?

Challenger Deep is the deepest point in the world ocean. Located within the already-deep Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, the actual deepness of Challenger Deep strains the imagination. We'll take a look at some bizarre ways to consider this depth, but first we'll explore why Challenger Deep...is deep.
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What Did Scientists Really See In The Mariana Trench?



What is the secret of Mariana Trench?

The depth of the Mariana Trench makes it one of the deadliest places on the planet. Forever covered in darkness, water temperature is below 0 degree Celsius. What makes it near impossible for life as we know it to exist is the extreme water pressure. 8 tonnes per square inch increases with depth.
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What is the biggest creature in the Mariana Trench?

The Mariana Hadal Snailfish is the deepest fish species ever recovered from the Mariana Trench. Researchers caught this record-breaking fish 27,460 feet below sea level, and scientists theorize the maximum depth possible for fish is 27,900 feet.
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What is the weirdest thing found in the Mariana Trench?

Creatures found in large quantities include saucer-sized, single-celled xenophyophores, which feed on sediment. There are amphipods, which are large shrimp-like scavengers, and small sea cucumbers called holothurians. Other animals that have been discovered include bacteria, crustaceans, and octopuses.
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What is the deepest sea creature ever found?

In the lead are Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) that can dive from the ocean's surface down to 2,992m (9,816ft) thanks to adaptations that help them conserve oxygen and survive extreme pressure . These elusive whales aren't competing for glory, but hunting for deep sea squid.
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Is Godzilla living in the Mariana Trench?

Probably not. It is highly unlikely that an animal that can walk above sea level could withstand the pressures deep below it.
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Is the Megalodon still alive in the Mariana Trench?

'No. It's definitely not alive in the deep oceans, despite what the Discovery Channel has said in the past,' notes Emma. 'If an animal as big as megalodon still lived in the oceans we would know about it.
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What is alive in the Mariana Trench?

The three most common organisms at the bottom of the Mariana Trench are xenophyophores, amphipods and small sea cucumbers (holothurians), Gallo said. "These are some of the deepest holothurians ever observed, and they were relatively abundant," Gallo said.
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Is the Mariana Trench dark?

It is perpetually dark and near freezing. At just 150m below sea level, colours are no longer visible to the human eye. Any depth below 200m sees the crushing pressure of the water above become inhospitable to humans. Challenger Deep measures 11,034m below sea level.
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Can humans survive down Mariana Trench?

The depth of the Mariana Trench makes it one of the deadliest places on the planet. Forever covered in darkness, water temperature is below 0 degree Celsius. What makes it near impossible for life as we know it to exist is the extreme water pressure.
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Is the Mariana Trench the darkest place on Earth?

Mariana Trench. Imagine the deepest, darkest place on Earth—an underwater trench plummeting to a depth of 35,800 feet, nearly seven miles below the ocean surface. The Mariana Trench is one of the least explored places on Earth.
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Is there still 1 megalodon alive?

Internet rumors persist that modern-day megalodons exist – that they still swim around in today's oceans. But that's not true. Megalodons are extinct. They died out about 3.5 million years ago.
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What is the largest shark in history?

megalodon, (Carcharocles megalodon), member of an extinct species of megatooth shark (Otodontidae) that is considered to be the largest shark, as well as the largest fish, that ever lived.
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What is the biggest shark tooth ever found?

What is the largest shark tooth ever found? The largest shark tooth ever discovered has a slant height of 7.48 inches (18.9 cm) and belongs to a megalodon. It was found fragmented in the Ocucaje desert of Peru by Craig Sundell.
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Where is the Godzilla earth?

Godzilla Earth's first seen devastating Earth, in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the year 2030, with monster attacks ravaging humanity since 1999.
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Who lives under Mariana Trench?

The Mariana Trench is deeper than Mount Everest is tall and anything living there has to survive the cold water and extremely high pressure. Some animals, including the deep-sea crustaceans Hirondellea gigas , do live there —and they have recently had a human visitor.
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What is the rarest thing in the ocean?

The vaquita is the world's rarest sea mammal and one of the most endangered animals in the world. Their name means 'little cow' in Spanish, and they are a unique species of porpoise, with a small, chunky body and a round head.
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Whats the biggest monster in the sea?

While the blue whale is the overall-largest creature of the sea, the lion's mane jellyfish goes to the top of the list for being the longest. These languid beauties have tentacles that reach an astonishing 120 feet in length.
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