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Explorers Marvel At 'Brittlestar City' On Seamount In Powerful

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Scientists, plumbing the secrets of a vast underwater mountain range south of New Zealand, captured the first images of a novel "Brittlestar City" that colonized against daunting odds the peak of a seamount. Millions of starfish-like creatures catch passing food in 4 km/h current and cod shelter from 'rattling' current in folds of huge bubblegum coral in this marine metropolis.

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