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Biologist Frederic Martini has spent his retirement squeezing into miniature submarines to plumb the abyss for the answer to an age-old question: Where do baby hagfish come from?

Dr. Martini, 69 years old, has plied the coasts of Maine, California and Hawaii seeking the eyeless, jawless, tooth-tongued seabed scavengers hoping for clues on how…