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Ten Quirky Underwater Facts

The next time you’re killing an hour during your surface interval, break out these 10 quirky underwater facts to astonish your fellow divers

By Beth McCrea History In the Water May 4, 2017

The next time you’re killing an hour during your surface interval, break out these 10 quirky underwater facts. You’ll amaze and astonish your fellow divers with your esoteric knowledge of the deep — and you may win at trivia the next time you play.

Divers discovered a 2,000-year-old analog computer in 1901.

Flounder fish can camouflage themselves on a checkerboard.

One of the most unique dives in the world sports a halocline, three reverse thermoclines and silt that swallows divers up.

Man didn't explore our extensive underwater mountains until four years after boots touched the moon’s surface.

A great white shark can sense a diver’s heart beat from miles away.

Food passes through a giant squid’s brain on the way to its stomach.

A Russian team of divers competed in an underwater cycling competition.

Blood spurts out bright green underwater.

Beth McCrea / About Author

Beth McCrea delights in her role as a Manhattan-based VP of product management, shaping technology. She also adores writing. In her off-hours, she’s a photographer, world traveler, and voracious reader, which she’s fused into an online book club called A World Adventure by Book to read a book from every country.

She was certified in 2010 as an Advanced Open Water scuba diver, and is active in the dive community online and on land where she also serves as the social chair for her dive club, the NYC Sea Gypsies. While she occasionally dives in cold Northeastern waters, she’s an avid warm-water diver, relishing lengthy trips to exotic locales throughout the year. Fancying work and life an adventure, she seeks out cutting-edge technology and off-the-beaten-path locations in her quest to understand and explore the world...and dive all the underwater kingdoms.

Visit Beth's website to see more.

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