Science First Animals Found That Live Without Oxygen

[The Helper]

In the muck of the deep Mediterranean seafloor, scientists have found the first multicellular animals capable of surviving in an entirely oxygen-free environment.

Some types of bacteria and other single-celled organisms can live without oxygen, but nothing as complex had been found as these three species of Loricifera, a group of marine-sediment dwellers who inhabit one of Earth’s most extreme and little-known environments.

“The discovery of these life forms opens new perspectives for the study of metazoan life in habitats lacking molecular oxygen,” wrote researchers led by Roberto Danovaro, a marine biologist at Italy’s Polytechnic University of Marche, in a study published April 6 in BMC Biology.

Like other Loricifera, the new species are sub-millimeter–long, Lovecraftian tangles of tentacle and shell, with their closest taxonomical relatives found among mud dragons and penis worms.

First Animals Found That Live Without Oxygen

In the muck of the deep Mediterranean seafloor, scientists have found the first multicellular animals capable of surviving in an entirely oxygen-free environment. Some types of bacteria and other single-celled organisms can live without oxygen, but nothing as complex had been found as these...

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That's right, Penis Worms!

 

[tooltiperror]

Other than Zombies, of course.

 

[Feralex]

No zombies need oxygen too. Its been scientifically proven. True story.

 

[Whitesock]

Do I really want to know what a penis worm is? =/

 

[tom_mai78101]

Do I really want to know what a penis worm is? =/

Please don't make me think about the name.

This is what it is: Link to Wikipedia.

 

[Samael88]

Awesome, let's nuke them before they take over

@Whitesock: The worst part is that they look like it to

Oh wait, that is not rigor mortis, he's just another boner:nuts:

 

[Dan]

so is that scientific? two drunk marine biologists decided to name it "penis-worm"

"woah dude it looks like a penis"

"haha yeah..."

 

[Hatebreeder]

Zombies can breathe +1556 longer than humans under water
Plus, water Presure f*cks up the bones =/

 

[Failenx]

Zombies can breathe +1556 longer than humans

Undead racials FTW (World of Warcraft)

 

[tooltiperror]

Actually, a zombie brain does not need oxygen for respiration, because the animal cells of the zombie do not require oxygen to produce energy, because all of their energy is produced from Solanum.

 

[ElderKingpin]

well. send some of those suckers to the moon, and a few years later, itll be infested with penis worms

 

[sqrage]

well. send some of those suckers to the moon, and a few years later, itll be infested with penis worms

The moon lacks an atmosphere. Lack of oxygen is not the reason why there are no lifeforms over there, though there is actually oxygen.