BALTIMORE — In the frigid waters around Antarctica, below the floating ice shelves where all is dark, lives a most unlikely creature: a perky little shrimp-like crustacean.
SHRIMPY SURPRISE A crustacean known as a Lyssianasid amphipod (orange blob at center) startled scientists who were peering at this camera feed from an underwater hole drilled through the Antarctic ice.
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