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Chinese submersible finds 5.3-million-year-old whale graveyard 7 km deep in the Indian Ocean, the largest and oldest ever recorded
Scientists aboard China's Fendouzhe submersible have mapped a 1,200 km corridor of nearly 500 whale skeletons on the Indian Ocean floor, with some fossils dating back 5.3 million years and five active carcasses still feeding deep-sea ecosystems.