'Just defies belief': 5 million-year-old whale graveyard stretches for 750 miles in the Indian Ocean
Researchers have discovered a massive 750-mile-long whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean containing hundreds of fossils and recent carcasses. The site, named the Diamantina Zone necropolis, provides unprecedented insight into marine life history over the last 5 million years.
Why it matters
This discovery offers a unique window into deep-sea ecosystems and the evolutionary history of marine mammals on a scale previously thought impossible.
Researchers have discovered a "megasite" of dead whales along with new species of marine life feasting on the corpses.
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