Bacteria-size Babies Among Ocean's Smallest Life

An octopus in miniature is among the hundreds of larvae found in a recent Census of Marine Life survey of the tiniest creatures in the sea. Video

April 21, 2010

Baby animals, or larvae, virtually unknown to science join algae, burrowers, and bacteria among the hundreds of microbes found by the Census of Marine Life's ten-year study of the sea.

© 2010 National Geographic; Video from Census of Marine Life

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