In 2020, about 600 meters (2,000ft) down in an underwater canyon off the coast of Western Australia, scientists encountered a long gelatinous creature suspended in a giant spiral. “It was like a rope on the horizon. You couldn’t miss it,” says Nerida Wilson from the Western Australian Museum.“It was so huge.”
A New Species ?It was a deep-sea siphonophore, a relative of the Portuguese man o’ war, or blue bottles that bob like party balloons on the sea surface,...
Do you know the virus that infects us can infect animals as well? Well, most viruses can and the recently discovered novel coronavirus is no different. They apparently can infect whales. Marine Biologist Liz Allen, sheds light on this in her recent article published in Forbes.
let’s take a look at how does it affect the whale.
Coronavirus EffectWith the ongoing global health crisis, ‘coronavirus’ has recently become a household name. But the coronavirus causing the current outbreak is just one of...
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