Methane Ice have worms
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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
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Date: 2014-05-04 12:13 am (UTC)Mean Charis, mean *sulks*
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Date: 2014-05-04 12:29 am (UTC)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).
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Date: 2014-05-04 12:32 am (UTC)You're evil. And I'm not buying that 'sorry' not at all - I hear you giggling there. That is a distinctly EVIL GIGGLE!
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Date: 2014-05-04 12:52 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2014-05-04 12:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-05 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-05 09:54 pm (UTC)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.