Back in 1998, a strange signal was detected in the depths near the Titanic. It sounded like the beating of many hearts, but for a long time the signal was mistaken for an equipment malfunction. Only decades later, scientists realized that the source of the signal was actually alive.
It was Paul Nargeolet, a veteran Nautile submersible pilot and Titanic diver, who first gave scientists data about the signal. He dived to the Titanic about 30 times. During one expedition he recorded a blip on sonar, which many scientists negligently wrote off as a malfunction. Only a handful of ocean scientists have tackled the problem.
As it turned out, they were right. After a careful examination of the data, the scientists concluded that the equipment worked accurately. Guided by the last sonar data Nargeolet dived to the Titanic again. Suddenly his equipment showed something amazing.
Nargeolet's team dived to a depth of 1.8 miles and finally found the source of the signal. Surprisingly, it was a huge deep-water reef with a dense ecosystem. There were sharks, squids, lobsters, sea sponges, and other sea creatures. They were the ones who gave the "live" signal.
Nargeolet's team also filmed the dive to the reef:
The exploration of the reef has just begun. Nargeolet plans to investigate whether the Titanic's proximity affects the development of life in this ecosystem.
Source: trendymen
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