Mystery Lifeforms Have Been Found In The Hostile Darkness Beneath Antarctica

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The waters below Antarctica are amongst the most inhospitable environments on our planet – or so we thought.

It’s pitch dark, and temperatures are subzero; yet, when scientists drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf far from light or warmth, they found a seafloor boulder that’s home to several species we may have never seen before.

A few of the organisms have been seen in similar locations, but this discovery marks the first time stationary creatures that live their lives attached to one place, such as sponges, have been found in this hostile environment.

“This discovery is one of those fortunate accidents that pushes ideas in a different direction and shows us that Antarctic marine life is incredibly special and amazingly adapted to a frozen world,” said biogeographer Huw Griffiths of the British Antarctic Survey.

Read more at ScienceAlert.

{Matzav.com}


4 COMMENTS

  1. It’s pitch dark, and temperatures are subzero;……..That’s why Shlomo Hamelech said that there was nothing new under the sun.

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