Bizarre-looking vent animals may travel belowground to colonize new locations, researchers say
reported yesterday. Although scientists knew the seabed hosted microbial life, the discovery of worms and snails in surprisingly cool underground hollows marks the first time that animals have been found living beneath the boiling mineral geyser systems. The find could help explain how the bizarre creatures—including large, bright red tubeworms —found in these abyssal habitats
: Rather than floating through the ocean’s depths haphazardly, they may hitch a ride on vent fluid and travel through subterranean caverns and cracks straight to new geyser zones, researchers tell
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