We all need a little hug: Skates found to warm their eggs near deep-sea volcanic vents

In the summer of 2015, scientists lowered a deep-sea exploration robot down 5,800 feet to the ocean floor off the Galapagos Islands. The pitch black world here is mysterious, so scientists expected to discover things never before seen.

“Every time we go to these depths we find something really unique,” Pelayo Salinas, a senior marine biologist at the Charles Darwin Research Center on the Galapagos Islands, said in an interview. 

During this particular dive, their remote-operated underwater robot, or ROV, came across 157 yellowish eggs scattered around the ocean floor near two extremely active undersea vents. These vents were spewing heated black, particle-rich plumes that are especially rich in sulfide minerals out into the water column. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | We all need a little hug: Skates found to warm their eggs near deep-sea volcanic vents