Mysterious Life Forms Under Antarctica

The waters beneath Antarctica would undoubtedly rank towards the top of any ranking of the planet's most hostile ecosystems. There is no visibility in this large area, which is covered in ice covering an area of over 5.3 million square miles. The temperature is also almost always below zero. We've never been able to examine it because of the unfavorable environment, but we recently have.

Researchers learned that life beneath Antarctica is not only more diversified and vigorous than we ever imagined, but also far more mysterious, during an exploratory dig by the British Antarctic Survey. While we have always known that some species, such as fish, worms, and some types of crustacean, can and do survive there, they are all roving predators or scavengers.

While we have always known that some species, such as fish, worms, and some types of crustacean, can and do survive there, they are all roving predators or scavengers. This time, however, they discovered numerous species of filter-feeding organisms; these animals need a steady supply of food from above as well as sunshine to survive. No one knows how or why they live there, or even if it makes sense in terms of evolution. In addition, several of the species discovered during the study had never been observed previously by science.