Reminds me of the ice worms[0] that live exclusively in the glacier ice of the Pacific Northwest. Also mild nightmare fuel.
Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
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#12I've seen this movie before. I hope the researchers are safe and checked their flamethrowers for fuel.
I've seen Fortitude ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498622/ ), I know how this ends (not well).
What about Alien Hunter? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327409/
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#13Reminds me of the ice worms[0] that live exclusively in the glacier ice of the Pacific Northwest. Also mild nightmare fuel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchytraeus_solifugus
They look like earthworm that like to live near ice and eat algae. What is the nightmare fuel?
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#15Reminds me of the ice worms[0] that live exclusively in the glacier ice of the Pacific Northwest. Also mild nightmare fuel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchytraeus_solifugus
They look like earthworm that like to live near ice and eat algae. What is the nightmare fuel?
clear scoleciphobia if I've ever seen it
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
They look like earthworm that like to live near ice and eat algae. What is the nightmare fuel?
clear scoleciphobia if I've ever seen it
Well, yeah, they're worms. People are irrationally afraid of all sorts of stuff, that doesn't make everything "nightmare fuel". They're just worms that look like worms.
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#17I've seen this movie before. I hope the researchers are safe and checked their flamethrowers for fuel.
Agent Mulder figured out what to do about these in less than 42 minutes. Well, maybe Scully helped a little...
Re: Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
#18Reminds me of the ice worms[0] that live exclusively in the glacier ice of the Pacific Northwest. Also mild nightmare fuel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchytraeus_solifugus
Interestingly, not only are those worms _able_ to survive low temperatures, they also _require_ low temperatures:
> They freeze at around −6.8 °C (19.8 °F), and their bodies decompose after continuous exposure to temperatures above 5 °C (41 °F).
Goes to show (perhaps) that adapting to unusual environments is not so much like a superpower but a tradeoff.
Re: Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice
#19Reminds me of the ice worms[0] that live exclusively in the glacier ice of the Pacific Northwest. Also mild nightmare fuel. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchytraeus_solifugus
They look like earthworm that like to live near ice and eat algae. What is the nightmare fuel?
Some people don't like the idea of worms and actively avoid them. I'm not one of them but I know several people that are. The idea of chilling on a pristine glacier somewhere and suddenly finding yourself surrounded by thousands of worms is pretty unsettling to the worm avoidant.
Naturally I introduce these people to the existence of the Giant Palouse Earthworm [0], also in the Pacific Northwest, though these are so rare that it would be of scientific interest if you came across one.