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New species of octopus found in hydrothermal vents, home to animals found nowhere else on the planet. The animals create their own energy by breaking down chemicals.
Dark, hot, lost world discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica

Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the hot, dark environment surrounding hydrothermal vents with temperatures reaching up to 382 deg C. These species get their energy not from the sun but from breaking down chemicals.

 
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