Our ability to understand these animals is very limited, and their only connection to the surface biosphere is through a few food chain connections (like sperm whales) that can survive diving to these depths.

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For days, a tube snaked down to the collapsed cavern was the only connection the miners had to the surface.

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It also required me to stay fairly close to the table surface where the card was, otherwise, the AR connection would cut out if I moved too far.

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It sits inside the surface of a cell and springs into action when signaled by other cells, activating proteins that temporarily boost the connection between two nerve cells.

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