00:00Life thrives in Earth's most extreme and alien environments.
00:05A hydrothermal vent chimney pours black smoke on the deep sea floor.
00:09Alien-like ecosystems exist in dark oceans, boiling vents, acid pools, ice, caves, and
00:15salt flats.
00:16Giant tube worms cluster around Pacific hydrothermal vents, where bacteria turn vent chemicals
00:21into food without sunlight.
00:23Blind cave fish swim through dark limestone caves, using touch and vibration instead of
00:29eyes to find food.
00:31Tardigrades crawl through moss and soil, then survive drying, freezing, radiation, and vacuum-like
00:37stress in tiny curled bodies.
00:40Giant isopods creep across deep ocean floors, scavenging falling carcasses in cold darkness
00:46far below waves.
00:48Brine shrimp flick through Utah's Great Salt Lake, surviving water too salty for many fish.
00:54Pompeii worms cling to hot vent walls, where feathery backs face water near boiling temperatures.
01:01Ice fish swim through Antarctic water with pale blood, using natural anti-freeze proteins
01:06in freezing seas.
01:08Halophiles color salt ponds pink and red, turning harsh mineral water into bright microbial landscapes.
01:15Yeti crabs wave hairy claws near deep sea vents, farming bacteria on bristles for food.
01:21Cave salamanders climb wet rock walls, living in cool darkness where dripping water shapes
01:27hidden rooms.
01:28Black vents, salt lakes, ice water, and caves show life thriving, where ordinary animals cannot.
01:35A pale cave fish glides through black water while a headlamp beam shakes on stone walls.
01:40Just let it grow by.
01:41Finally, those condemn csons and
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