There's a shrimp-like
creature that makes an aluminum armor to protect itself.
The
pressure of the deep sea is so intense that it would crush the bodies of any
critter not equipped to withstand it. That's why Hirondellea
gigas—a small, shrimp-like amphipod—adapted to form a
layer of aluminum hydroxide gel to cover its exoskeleton, acting as a kind of
pressure-resistant armor, according to a 2019 research article published
in PLoS
One.
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