How It Is Done
In other oceans, fish are the dominant predators, but the Death Star is here to show us how things are done in Antarctica. Because the water in the area is extremely cold, fish do not thrive there. As a result, invertebrates such as the Antarctic Sunstar occupy the top of the food chain.
How It Is Done
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Diving Down There
When you dive in Antarctic waters, it’s as if you’re peering through a window into what the oceans were like before humans arrived. “It’s the animals without backbones that dominate and that dominate as predators,” Dr. Copley said, “And that’s how the oceans were more than 250 million years ago.”
Diving Down There