Scientists discover sharks inside an underwater volcano
One can always boldly say that Sci-Fi movies such as Shaktopuses and Mega Sharks are just gaudy CGI, and are not a threat to humanity. However, when Brennan Phillips, an oceanographer at National Geographic society led his team for an expedition to learn more about the Kavachi, one of the most active volcanoes in the south-west Pacific ocean, they were in for a huge surprise.
The footage obtained from the camera which was plunged 147 feet deep into the volcano revealed shivers of hammerhead and silky sharks swimming about along with various underwater life forms. And yes! Sharks! As in plural.
“The idea of there being large animals like sharks hanging out and living inside the caldera of this volcano conflicts with what we know about Kavachi… But when it’s erupting there’s no way anything could live in there. So to see large animals like this are living and, potentially, they could die any moment. It brings up lots of questions. Do they see some sort of sign that it’ll erupt?” asks Phillips.
While this may be a scientific enigma for now, the fact that these sharks have evolved to swim 100 feet below sea around an active volcano that shoots plumes of magma is definitely unsettling.
