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The deep sea footage scientists filmed in 2024 is jaw-dropping

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Schmidt Ocean Institute and other deep sea explorers in 2024 captured wild sightings of deep sea creatures.

The group used a robot capable of probing depths down to 14,760 feet ( 4,500 meters ) Researchers spotted a giant meeting or migration of crabs, a shimmering, psychedelic marine worm, life flourishing around deep methane seeps and possibly 60 new species.

A rarely seen bigfin squid was spotted in the Tonga Trench , located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean .

A psychedelic marine worm was spotted crawling on the seafloor in the Atacama Trench off of Chile .

A new predator has been named after 'darkness' in the languages of the Andes region to signify the deep, dark ocean.