Ice worms

[KERRSURF]

Name: Methane Ice Worms
Location: Gulf of Mexico, 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana
Description: In 1997, vast colonies of strange, rosy-pink worms 1-2 inches in length were found burrowing in mounds of methane-rich ice erupting from the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico.
What this means for life in the universe:

The discovery of these previously unknown life forms, living in frigid ocean depths far beyond the reach of sunlight, extend our definition of what constitutes a habitable environment. The discovery provides further evidence that life is tough in the extreme.

[KERRSURF]

I like stuff like this.

[KERRSURF]

I didn't know that ice even erupted from the sea floor, never mind it was full of worms!

[da SLUG man]

there's ice erupting from the top of my fridge!

i found a hidden pack of burgers in there once... made a nice after pub snack!

[KERRSURF]

I have a frost free fridge/freezer.


how does that work then?

[Tiger]

I have a frost free fridge/freezer.


how does that work then?

no worms in there then

[Snorkel]

I've seen a slide of a wormhole on the Abyssal Plain that measures 1m in diameter! with a 'foraging' reach of 30ft. Think of the size of that worm! lol

[The Lovely Boyo]

The discovery of these previously unknown life forms, living in frigid ocean depths far beyond the reach of sunlight, extend our definition of what constitutes a habitable environment. The discovery provides further evidence that life is tough in the extreme.

And at the opposite end of the temperature scale.........

The 'black smokers', vents that spew out very hot highly acidic water deep in the ocean. Bacteria live on the acid, and then an entire eco system lives on the bacteria including worms and crabs. Again, no influence of the sun.

A bacterium has been discovered in sealed cave systems that lives off sulphuric acid and whatever rock its living on - rock, for Christs sake!

A description and picture of snotites (that's what they are called, I kid you not) can be found at the bottom of this page....

http://www.earlham.edu/~brizeja/caveformations.htm