8000m Peru-Chile Trench
Scavenging amphipods of the families Eurythenes and Hirondellea devour 1kg of tuna in 24 hours at 8000m in the Peru-Chile Trench, SE Pacific. Also visible is a ‘never before seen alive’ holothurian (sea cucumber) Elpidia atakama. Footage from hadal-Lander B in September 2010. ()

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