What ’re ten cm across , live 6 miles under water , and are incredibly toxic ? The Xenophyophores of the Mariana Trench — the prominent single - celled organisms in existence .
Their existence was affirm during a late survey direct by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the National Geographic Society along the Sirena Deep discussion section of the trench . They had previously only been found as cryptic as 4 miles , though they are predominant on many of the ocean ’s abyssal plains .
Xenophyophores are marine protozoan . They feed by sifting through sediments on the sea trading floor , eliminate a slimy kernel as they move along . With population reach densities of 2,000 individuals in a 100 solid metre area , the slime carpet can resembleZerg Creep . And since these animals continually root through deposit , they run to absorb massive quantities of track , atomic number 92 and quicksilver — so no , they are n’t edible . [ NOAA – WikipediaviaLive Science ]
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