Rare marine life found to thrive around sunken wrecks around Malta

Timesofmalta.com reports that scientists have discovered that marine life thought to be rare or on the verge of extinction is now thriving on and around ship and plane wrecks at the bottom of the sea around the island.

Several species of fishes, lobsters, sponges, corals and sea urchins have been considered rare since British rule and have been observed in Maltese waters in very few numbers.

Scuba divers have been complaining for years that they see less marine life every year.

But it turns out the sunken vessels and warplanes are teeming with these fishes and corals in a phenomenon that scientists are still trying to wrap their heads around.

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