The Animal That Drinks Lava-Hot Water and Survives

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00:00Could you drink water that's hot enough to brew tea straight from the source?

00:04Probably not, but there's an animal that does it every day.

00:10Meet the Pompeii worm, the most heat-tolerant animal on Earth.

00:16This little guy lives next to hydrothermal vents on the deep ocean floor,

00:21where water shoots out at blistering temperatures.

00:24How hot? Think over 80 degrees Celsius. That's 176 Fahrenheit.

00:31The Pompeii worm's body is a marvel of evolution.

00:35It has a special fuzzy coating of bacteria that acts like a heat shield,

00:40protecting it from the scorching temperatures.

00:43This symbiotic relationship is the key to its survival in one of the most extreme environments imaginable.

00:50So next time you think your coffee is too hot,

00:55just remember the Pompeii worm casually sipping on near-boiling water at the bottom of the ocean.

01:01Mind-blowing, right?

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