Shrimp species can live in hot water of 450 degrees Celsius
Scientists have just found a species of shrimp that lives near the extreme crater deep in the Caribbean sea floor, where the water temperature can reach 450 degrees Celsius.
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This shrimp is thought to live deeper than any other known shrimp in the world. They live at depths of less than 5,000 meters, in a crater in the seabed where a volcano known as "Black Smoke" is still spraying hot currents into the ocean.
Rimicaris hybisae shrimp live in an environment with a water temperature 4.5 times higher than the boiling water temperature without being cooked.
But despite the harsh conditions, the shrimp named Rimicaris hybisae still live in flocks of up to 2,000 individuals / m 2 around the 6m high crater with countless vents.
Thousands of shrimp Rimicaris hybisae cling around the vents at the "Black Smoke" crater .
These vents often spray hot liquids, many copper into the ocean. Scientists do not measure the exact temperature in the vents, but according to their estimates, the water temperature here can be hotter than 450 degrees Celsius.
The finding belongs to the Ocean geochemical research group of the National Oceanographic Center in Southampton during an April 2010 expedition.
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