00:00What if I told you there's an animal that could survive being crushed by a moving glacier?
00:07No, it's not a superhero, it's a real creature called the glacier ice worm.
00:15These tiny, black worms, about an inch long, live their entire lives inside glaciers.
00:22While most life forms would be instantly frozen or pulverized, these guys are perfectly at home.
00:31So how do they do it?
00:33They produce a special kind of antifreeze in their bodies, like what you put in your car, that allows them to thrive in near-freezing temperatures.
00:45They spend their days munching on snow algae and bacteria, literally eating the glacier from the inside out.
00:56They're like little ecosystem engineers for one of the harshest environments on Earth.
01:03Mind-blowing, right?
01:05The next time you see a glacier, remember the millions of tiny worms partying inside.
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