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The Incredible Shrinking Cups: Farewell from the World’s Deepest Pig

Posted on April 29, 2013April 4, 2013 By Andrew Thaler 2 Comments on The Incredible Shrinking Cups: Farewell from the World’s Deepest Pig
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It’s the final cup in our series. Posting these images has been a fun way to reminisce about our adventures in the Cayman Abyss and hopefully give you a small glimpse into the more whimsical side of deep-sea research. To finish of the series, here is my favorite cup:

#DeepestPigPicking
#DeepestPigPicking

That’ll do, pig, that’ll do.

 

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2 thoughts on “The Incredible Shrinking Cups: Farewell from the World’s Deepest Pig”

  1. Richard Hendricks says:
    April 30, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    I assume you left a long-term timelapse camera on the pig carcass to record what happens?

  2. L A Cochran says:
    May 3, 2013 at 2:46 pm

    Some pig!

    πŸ™‚

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