Thousands of fish nests accidentally found under Antarctic ice What looked like a flat, lifeless stretch of the Weddell Sea suddenly turned into something else: a carefully organised breeding ground built by thousands

#rockcod (Lindbergichthys nudifrons) nesting behavior more complicated than expected:

"Seeing comparable organisation in Antarctic waters undermines the idea that cold, dark seas only support simple or scattered life."

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Stanton's Seafood Cookbook
Flame-Colored Rockcod, Sebastes flammeus
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