Nothing lives there? Think again.

A fish called an eelpout swims by a tower of tubeworms. They all live near an underwater hot spring. (Schmidt Ocean Institute via AP)
Tubeworms and other creatures live on a rock crust on the seafloor. (Schmidt Ocean Institute via AP)
Scientists do experiments near hot springs on the ocean floor. What other creatures will they find? (Schmidt Ocean Institute via AP)
Underwater hot springs can look like they are putting out smoke. That is because of minerals and gases coming from an underwater volcano. (NOAA)

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Dive deep to the sea floor. What lives under hot springs? People did not think they would find much. They were wrong.

Do you spy wiggling worms? There are also slimy snails. What else might be there?

Pray: Thank God for the joy of finding creatures that He made.

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Scientists thought only things like viruses could live beneath hot springs. They sent an underwater robot to explore last summer. It searched an area in the Pacific Ocean near South America. The robot turned over volcanic slabs. It found life under them! Dr. Sabine Gollner works in sea research. She says creatures above the seafloor might travel through vents. Then they settle in the depths. Now people want to search more vents around the globe.

“Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures . . . both small and great.” (Psalm 104:25)