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Whoa.

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Look at the amount of copepods.

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A copious amount of copepods.

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I just think it's so cool when we zoom up and you just see hundreds of them floating around. It's like a whole little city.

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Tubeworms, Lamellibrachia tubeworms, can grow in these bush-like structures and create habitat, they act as these foundation species.

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You get this very big thicket of these tubeworms and it provides a great place for many animals to feel safe in and shelter in as well as attach to.

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So just here, in this one little view, which is probably only 70 centimeters across,

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there are probably hundreds of individuals just within this little area.

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And that in itself is a cold seep habitat to a great degree.

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A huge aggregation of life because of a large abundance of food in this area.