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First Methane-Powered Sea Spiders Found Crawling on the Ocean Floor

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By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of the ocean, the greenhouse gas is a nourishing meal for some of the world’s most mysterious creatures, new research suggests. Scientists say they h…

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First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

3 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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Methane-eating sea spiders discovered off Southern California coast

Over 1,300 different sea spiders are found deep underwater in the ocean.

4 days ago·San Francisco, United States

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New Type of Symbiosis in the Deep Sea

The world of life around hydrothermal vents and methane sources in the deep sea has not yet been explored. Now biologists have discovered three new species of ash spiders on such deep-sea vents in the Pacific, which undergo an unusual symbiosis: they cultivate bacteria on their bodies, which feed on methane and methanol, which emanates from the seabed.The ash spiders eat [...] Der Beitrag New type of symbiosis in the deep-sea appeared first on w…

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