King of the ocean
While sharks are in the top of the food pyramid in other oceans, the Death Star is a clear indication that things are different in the waters around Antarctica. Because the water is so cold, few fish can survive. This means that invertebrates such as the sinister starfish rule the bottom around the South Pole.
Scientists say life on the Antarctic Ocean floor can tell us a lot about what life in the seas used to be like. Long before humans ever walked this globe, invertebrates were the dominant predators in the seas. A trip to the bottom of the ocean is like travelling 250 million years back in time.
But the Death Star isn’t the only strange creature the researchers discovered on the ocean floor…