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Black Smoker and Hot Vent Creatures

On October 8 2010 we visited the volcanically active seafloor of Endeavour Ridge, a bizarre realm of sulphide towers and venting black smokers. Hydrothermal vents support rich communities of specially adapted tubeworms, scale worms and limpets, which thrive in the 325C effluent.

Limpet rolling a barnacle

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The Incredible Mr Limpet (1964) – Guilty Pleasure

THE INCREDIBLE MR.LIMPET (1964) DIRECTED BY ARTHUR LUBIN, STARRING DON KNOTTS, JACK WESTON, AND CAROL COOK. BEFORE “FINDING NEMO”, BEFORE “ROGER RABBIT” THERE WAS “LIMPET”!!…THIS CHARMING MIX OF LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATION IS A PURE GUILTY PLEASURE OF MINE! www.youtube.com I OWN NO COPYIGHTS TO THIS MATERIAL!