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Friday, 4 September 2015

Bizarre beasties

"Tests have shown that the water does not contain any food particles, and is chemically and biologically sterile. Instead, the food comes from the strange frothy foam sitting on top of the water. Rather than using light as an energy source, the Movile bacteria use a process known as chemosynthesis."
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150904-the-bizarre-beasts-living-in-romanias-poison-cave
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3 comments:

  1. Christopher Cooke4 September 2015 at 16:37

    James Karaganis
    You spelled "burn it with fire" wrong.

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  2. Rhys Taylor4 September 2015 at 16:41

    They should probably just seal that cave up and forget about it put up a very large sign warning people not ever to dig in that area, ever.

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  3. James Karaganis4 September 2015 at 17:26

    No, because if you put up that sign somebody will dig it up just to see what the excitement is all about.

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