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This photo, released by Oceanlab on February 3, shows a scientist from the University of Aberdeen holding one of the ‘supergiant amphipods’ off the coast of New Zealand. Scientists have captured these crustaceans in waters seven kilometres (4.4 miles) deep off N.Zealand, measuring 10 times the normal size of related species. Scientists have captured a “supergiant” crustacean in waters seven kilometres (4.5 miles) deep off New Zealand, measuring 10 times the normal size of related species. Read More

This photo, released by Oceanlab on February 3, shows a scientist from the University of Aberdeen holding one of the ‘supergiant amphipods’ off the coast of New Zealand. Scientists have captured these crustaceans in waters seven kilometres (4.4 miles) deep off N.Zealand, measuring 10 times the normal size of related species.

Scientists have captured a “supergiant” crustacean in waters seven kilometres (4.5 miles) deep off New Zealand, measuring 10 times the normal size of related species.

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