Researchers discovered that an underwater volcano nearly a mile beneath the surface off the Pacific coast of Canada is spouting hot fluid, providing a little-known species of skate with an ideal nursery.
Researchers exploring an ancient, underwater volcano off the Pacific coast of Canada have discovered it is still active — and"covered" in thousands of giant eggs.
Du Preez said the recently found skate nursery is many times the size of that."I'd estimate the summit of the seamount, which was covered in eggs, had — I don’t know — 100,000? A million?" These eggs were large, Du Preez added, measuring about 1.5 feet across. Pacific white skates are little-known sea creatures related to sharks and rays. They are among the deepest-dwelling species of skate, inhabiting depths between 2,600 and 9,500 feet off the west coast of North and Central America, according to the IUCN Red List. Adult females, which can grow up to 6.5 feet long, lay rectangular eggs, which are known as"mermaid purses" because they look like little bags, Du Preez said.
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