Deep Sea Deep Secrets

Out of the movies that we watched in our rainy day labs Deep Sea Deep Secrets was by far my favorite. It was about volcanic activity on the ocean's floor and the cycle of living organisms that flourish around it. Most of the rock formations looked to be pillow lava. Immense lava containing tubes bursting upward and solidifying almost instantly underwater growing like a stalagmite up from the ocean floor. What I found the most interesting was the wildlife. To think that animals can survive under such harsh conditions is amazing. By far the most adapted animal in this environment was the crab. Apparently crabs are well suited to this type of environment across the globe.

Here's a video on crabs surviving near a hydro thermal vent in Antarctica!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r17cPDVzTls&feature=fvsr