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asphalt mounds

Scientists examine mysterious tar mounds in the West African deep ocean

Posted: 6 November 2014
A blobfish hiding behind an asphalt mound

More than two thousand mounds of asphalt harbouring a wealth of deep-water creatures have been discovered up to two kilometres deep, off the coast of Angola.