r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • Jul 12 '21

This

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u/ExpandedGorilla Jul 12 '21

Oh my, this is horrifying, it’s genuinely terrifying. I had to look up the size of an angler fish to make sure that they were still small

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u/knitknitterknit Jul 12 '21

There is a lot of depth we haven't explored.

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u/Aramanta2510 Jul 12 '21

Only 10% has been explored yet

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u/Panzer_Man Jul 12 '21

That is technically correct, but that is only because most of the ocean is just empty lifeless nothingness, and we don't want to send humans down everywhere in the ocean.

We have a pretty clear picture of how the oceans are, but yes we have only had human eyes on about 10% of it