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methane ice worms
An aggregation of methane ice worms inhabiting a white methane hydrate seen in the Gulf of Mexico, 2102. (Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)


http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/29/2370661/methane-hydrates-potentially-massive-greenhouse-gas-on-the-sea-floor-faces-earthquakes-and-drilling/


Scientists Discover Methane Ice Worms on Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor
http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/1997-news/iceworms.htm

Lair of the "Ice Worm"
http://ocean.tamu.edu/Quarterdeck/QD5.3/macdonald.html

Date: 2014-05-04 12:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com
waaaaaaaaaaaaa icky crawly things *shudder* ...no ljcut, not meep warning - you purposely set out to give me the ebejeebies.
Mean Charis, mean *sulks*

Date: 2014-05-04 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
Ah sorry. *giggling* It's under cut now. *smiles*
Too late?

On the plus side in "Lair of the Ice Worm", it mentions there's a critter that eats them and it looks like a Pill bug/rolly-polly/it's a crustacean (they like to live under rocks and wet leaves and such and when touched they turn into a grey bead).

Date: 2014-05-04 12:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com
AND now you're talking about them, those ICKY things. Tricking me into reading about them *shudder*

You're evil. And I'm not buying that 'sorry' not at all - I hear you giggling there. That is a distinctly EVIL GIGGLE!

Date: 2014-05-04 12:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
*hangs head* It's true.
pay no attention to the giggling.

For the record, I went ewwwwwe and then oh neat.
And my son's reaction was very similar to yours.

Date: 2014-05-04 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mee-eep.livejournal.com
*glares at you*

Date: 2014-05-05 12:36 am (UTC)
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Looks like a scene from a scifi movie.

Date: 2014-05-05 09:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
I thought they looked like centipedes. Which is pretty icky.
Life under extreme conditions without the energy source of the sun involved, it's pretty awesome if you can get past all the legs and bristly antenna like parts.

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