# @greenpeace on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZQYz4fEqkt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66541461-greenpeace-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2ca4c6c159.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-06T19:24:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Greenpeace International 🌍 (@Greenpeace) — https://gondola.cc/Greenpeace

## Caption

So the deep sea miners are set to destroy an incredible, alien world:⁣
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👽 About 75% of deep-sea creatures create their own light through bioluminescence, using it to attract mates, lure prey, or camouflage against predators.⁣
👽 Deep-sea organisms live slow, long lives. Some black coral found in Hawaiian waters is estimated to be over 4200 years old. ⁣
👽 Due to the extreme pressure, creatures are often soft-bodied with few bones. They have developed giant, gaping mouths and stretching stomachs to eat prey larger than themselves.⁣
👽The main source of food on the abyssal plains is "marine snow" - a constant shower of organic debris, dead plankton, and fecal pellets from the surface.⁣
👽 Over 90% of deep-sea species in the area most targeted for mining are new to science. ⁣
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The good news: we can stop the destruction before it begins. ⁣
You can help: share this post in your story and sign the petition! ⁣
Llink in bio greenpeace⁣
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#stopdeepseamining #protecttheoceans⁣
Ocean bed photo credits: National Oceanography Center⁣

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## Tags

protecttheoceans, stopdeepseamining

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