‘Abyss Box’ to go on display in France.
The Oceanopolis aquarium in France will open a new display in April, showing off deep sea organisms in a pressurized box. The initial display is only 16 litres in volume and will show deep-sea crab and shrimp, but researchers want to eventually scale it up to include fish and other larger animals.
It is hoped such vessels will enable scientists to study bottom-dwelling creatures over long periods of time - something that is just not possible at the moment.
“No-one really knows how long they live, so by keeping them this way we can get that information. Of course, its information in captivity but it’s better than no information at all,” he told BBC News.
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