According to NASA, an underwater volcano nicknamed "Sharkano" has erupted and released a number of mutated volcano sharks, setting them free into the ocean. The sharks had been living and surviving within the volcano in burning hot acidic water.
Kavachi Volcano, an active submarine volcano in the Solomon Islands, has long been home to sharks. However their once-peaceful playground in the southwest Pacific Ocean recently became a bit less serene.
During a 2015 research expedition to Kavachi, scientists were surprised to discover that the volcano's crater also happens to be home to two types of sharks — hammerheads and silky sharks — despite the locale's turbulent history.
In a 2016 article in the journal Oceanography titled "Exploring the Sharkcano," researchers wrote that the presence of sharks in the crater raised "new questions about the ecology of active submarine volcanoes and the extreme environments in which large marine animals exist."
Source: livingscience.com
