‘They look almost human made.’ NOAA finds weird lines of holes in Mid-Atlantic floor

[WVK]

Scientists exploring a submerged mountain range in the Mid-Atlantic stumbled onto something they can’t explain: An organized series of holes punched in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.The discovery was made Saturday, July 23, and photos show the dots connect into nearly straight lines ... or trails ... or designs NOAA Ocean Exploration isn’t yet sure how to explain it.

https://www.aol.com/news/look-almost-human-made-noaa-112729317.html?

[+OverSword]

Interesting.

[+and-then]

It's the spinous processes of a sea-dragon.   

[the13bats]

Idk...pretty cool...i wonder what undersea expert think.

[quiXilver]

Quite fascinating.  The slots look fairly evenly spaced.

That they remain clear of debris and aren't covered over implies a flow that keeps them open. 

Really curious if they pass through to a cavity.  The close up pic on the left is really intriguing.  The flat sections around the openings remind me of holes in thick metal plating, as if something flat with slotted holes is sitting just under a few inches of sediment there. 

Good find mate.  Thanks for sharing.

 

[Raptor Witness]

I wish we had relative measurements….

Regardless, I’m wondering if these are the breathing holes of a massive aquatic beast. A Giant muscle or buried clam perhaps?

An underwater listening device, perhaps?

[jethrofloyd]

I think it's some kind of a worm that lives at great depths who makes those holes. I think I saw it, or something similar, on the TV a few years ago.

[Alchopwn]

Just wait until someone finds the directions that explain you need to "tear along perforation".

[Timothy]

19 minutes ago, jethrofloyd said:

I think it's some kind of a worm that lives at great depths who makes those holes. I think I saw it, or something similar, on the TV a few years ago.

Squishy things do live in these deep holes.

I think that it looks organic and creature related.

It is small scale and doesn’t look regularly spaced enough to be anything related to humans.

Unless some other deep-sea craft is randomly punching holes in the bottom of the sea…

[Portre]

The idea that there is some animal unknown to science living in some remote and isolated area is just too much to accept.

 

They can only be vents for our reptilian overlords living in the hollow Earth

[godnodog]

Yeap, there must exist a lot of facebook users with subs capable of such depts.

[MyOtherAccount]

I agree with Raptor. Measurements would be nice as well as an indicator of North's direction.
My first guess is Big Foot was there foraging.
My second guess is ant lions.

[Wreck7]

Sea Squirrels. 

[Bed of chaos]

My first thought (which someone mentioned on aol site) something man made or mechanical that fell off a ship. 

[qxcontinuum]

Aquatic apes

[Myles]

"Look almost human made"?     I don't understand that.   Do humans make small holes in the depths of the ocean often.  I have seen many animals leave a straight line of marks on the ground.  

[Torviking]

There used to be a story many years ago . When the Cunard liners were crossing the Atlantic on a regular basis, they didn�t do any washing up, just dumped the China overboard. So if it was possible to drain the Atlantic by just following the trail of crockery, you could walk it!

Edited July 29, 2022 by Torviking
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[Electric Scooter]

God created the world people and those lines are the left overs from the assembly instructions.

[Jon the frog]

Probably some kind of clam moving slowly in the sediment and making hole after each movement to eat/breath with his siphon. The low current situation give it's track a long livespan.

[Skulduggery]

Could it be part of a sunken ship?

[Amanda Evans]

A hermit crab or a razor clam

Nature is clever.