Down in the midnight zone, where light fades to nothing, a single breath becomes a long commitment. Sperm whales slip beneath the surface and vanish into cold pressure that would crush most animals.

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Deep in the ocean, where sunlight never reaches, live some of Earth's strangest giants. Imagine a squid as long as a bus or a crab the size of a big plate! This is called deep-sea gigantism, where ...