Facts about Creatures of the Midnight Zone
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In the midnight zone, many fish have extremely reduced eyes or are completely blind, having lost the ability to see over evolutionary time.
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Adaptations in creatures of the midnight zone include highly sensitive eyes tuned to detect faint bioluminescent flashes rather than sunlight.
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Many creatures of the midnight zone survive without any food from photosynthesis, relying instead on marine snow, the slow drift of organic debris falling from shallower waters.
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Creatures of the midnight zone, such as the anglerfish and giant squid, endure crushing pressures exceeding 5,800 pounds per square inch.
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The midnight zone, or bathypelagic zone, exists between roughly 1,000 and 4,000 meters depth, where no sunlight penetrates and many creatures produce their own bioluminescent light.