{"id":6408,"date":"2018-08-23T11:36:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T06:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2018-08-30T11:42:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T06:42:31","slug":"rafters-make-chilling-discovery-in-crystal-clear-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=6408","title":{"rendered":"Rafters make chilling discovery in crystal-clear water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An astounding photo is, once again, making the rounds on the internet.\u00a0People\u00a0can&#8217;t seem to get enough of the shocking picture, which was originally captured in Svalbard, Norway, in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>While the original image, which was shared on Flickr by user &#8216;buen viaje,&#8217; is no longer available, it continues to pop up in various corners of the web.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6409 colorbox-6408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/001-1.jpg 511w, http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/001-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo depicts a group of travelers who came across a startlingly-large spinal column just beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean. According to\u00a0HuffPost,\u00a0the carcass belonged to a fin whale. The photographer claims that polar bears had been feeding on the vast remains for well over a year.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Unbeknown to the group of tourists, they actually stumbled upon something incredibly rare.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this find so impressive is that the spinal column was found completely intact\u00a0while submerged in water. According to the\u00a0National Oceanography Centre,\u00a0only 6 natural whale skeletons have ever been discovered on the ocean floor.<\/p>\n<p>Scavengers of the deep blue are typically responsible for the destruction of skeletal remains such as whale carcasses.<\/p>\n<p>After the flesh of a dead whale\u00a0has either been eaten by larger creatures or started to naturally decompose, various smaller organisms move in to feast on the remaining\u00a0nutrients, reducing the former giant of the ocean to mere bits and pieces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/news\/2018\/01\/26\/rafters-make-chilling-discovery-in-crystal-clear-water\/23344741\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dear User\/Visitor! 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