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Updated: 2:34 PM Mar 15, 2010
Shrimp live under ice in Antarctica
Scientists didn't think there could be any
complex creatures living under these conditions -- hundreds of feet
below the huge Antarctic ice sheet, where no light shines.
Posted: 2:32 PM Mar 15, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists didn't think there could be any
complex creatures living under these conditions -- hundreds of feet
below the huge Antarctic ice sheet, where no light shines.
They were wrong.
A NASA team lowered a video camera to get the first long look at
the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. And a curious
shrimp-like creature came swimming by, and parked itself on the
camera's cable.
Scientists also pulled up a tentacle that they think came from a
foot-long jellyfish.
A NASA scientist is presenting the initial findings and a video
at a conference this week -- and the video is likely to make
experts rethink what they know about life in harsh environments.
Some are wondering -- if a shrimp-like creature can frolic below
600 feet of Antarctic ice, what about other hostile places -- like
a frozen moon of Jupiter?
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