Friday, April 16, 2010

First animals to live without oxygen discovered

Researchers have been observing the tiny animals that live under the sea for their whole life and found some very interesting facts out. There are new members found of the group "Loricifera" that are alive and active but require no oxygen.

The Mediterranean Sea is where reseachers discovered this little creatures. These animals were actually discovered once before, but they were thought to have only been sunk from the upper waters that researchers thought they lived in.

I think this article was interesting because it seems impossible for an animals, or anything in that matter, to live without any oxygen!

1 comment:

  1. i was going to use this same article. This is fascinating. If this is true, life can exist anywhere.

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