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Hiding in the deep 🌊 The Pacific white skate, Bathyraja spinosissima, is a large skate found in deep water rocky habitat, at depths of up to 2,900 meters (9,500 feet). Skates are fishes related to sharks and rays. They have a flattened body with a pointy, spade-like snout. They swim and glide using a pair of large, wing-like pectoral fins. Skates are found in a variety of ocean habitats around the world. While we know a lot about the skates that dwell in shallow coastal waters, we know relative

Deep-sea hovercraft 🛸✨ The Pacific white skate, Bathyraja spinosissima, is a large skate found in deep water rocky habitat, at depths of up to 2,900 meters (9,500 feet). Skates are found throughout the world ocean, from shallow coastal waters to the open ocean, but are rarely observed in deeper environments. Shallow-water skates are better studied, but knowledge of the deeper diving species in this group is limited. That’s because a lot of information comes from animals brought up in trawl nets

You’ve heard of chicken eggs. Maybe even turtle eggs. But what about Pacific white skate eggs, laid near an underwater volcano off the BC coast? Turns out, Pacific white skates—bug-eyed, bone-white relatives of sharks—have figured out something remarkable: the vents of an ancient volcano make the perfect nursery. They're warm and mineral-rich, perfect for the incubation process. Scientists estimate there are 2.6 million eggs down there, quietly incubating for up to 10 years. It’s a poignant remi

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