An active volcano teeming with mutant sharks sounds like the setting for a B-movie horror flick, but it's real. Just off the coast of Vangunu Island …
Sharkcano: The Underwater Volcano Full Of Mutant Sharks
An active volcano teeming with mutant sharks sounds like the setting for a B-movie horror flick, but it's real. Just off the coast of Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands, lies the underwater volcano, Kavachi. At its summit, which sits 66 feet below sea level, is a crater from which ash and magma violently erupt every few years in a blast so intense it looks like a nuclear warhead exploded off in the water. It's the last place that you'd expect to find life, except maybe the indestructible...
Sharks might not be the cutest endangered animals, but as of 2011 they are in trouble. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists …
When thinking about the apex predator of the ocean, most people quickly think of sharks. Sharks have been around for over 400 million years and still …
Earth is full of creatures with unbelievably long lifespans. The tardigrade, for example, is the most indestructible organism ever found and has been …
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