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These kind of interesting stories make browsing the internet worthwhile for me, aluminum amphipods in the deepsea 😀
"An aluminum shield enables the amphipod Hirondellea gigas to inhabit deep-sea environments"
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?i…

An aluminum shield enables the amphipod Hirondellea gigas to inhabit deep-sea environments
The amphipod Hirondellea gigas inhabits the deepest regions of the oceans in extreme high-pressure conditions. However, the mechanisms by which this amphipod adapts to its high-pressure environment remain unknown. In this study, we investigated the elemental content of the exoskeleton of H. gigas specimens captured from the deepest points of the Mariana Trench. The H. gigas exoskeleton contained aluminum, as well as a major amount of calcium carbonate. Unlike other (accumulated) metals, aluminu…