New Extremophile found!

[mrhnau]

I just saw this, thought it was pretty interesting.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/01/26/tiny.fish.ap/index.html

Smallest fish on record as well as living in pH 3 muck! Pretty neat Ain't nature cool!?


here is an article in Wikipedia on Extremophiles for your reading pleasure!

 

[arnisador]

living in pH 3

Ouch! The picture is neta too, once the scale registers. I love seeing how new and different these creatures can be!

 

[Sam]

hey, thats pretty cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

[ginshun]

that thing is crazy! pH of 3?!

 

[Touch Of Death]

With Acid fish and microbes living off the heat of volcanic activity under the oceans, it seems we could populate the moons of jupiter with something that may survive to evolve and prosper. Millions of years later they could debate about weather or not they were planted by aliens.
Sean

 

[tshadowchaser]

that fish is so small I am surprised that they found it

a for seans thoughts that could be an interesting thing for scientests to try

 

[jdinca]

Nature adapts. We're the ones who need to watch out.