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This article is all about how certain organisms can survive in an odd habitat - hydrothermal vents!!! A hydrothermal vent is a place at the bottom of the ocean where water comes out of the earth at temperatures higher than 300 degrees Fahrenheit. They also release chemicals that are harmful to many organisms, and that is why scientists found it so hard to believe that a species thrives near a hydrothermal vent. The community of animals was found in 1977 off the coast of South America. Scientists later found out that the organisms have bacteria present that converts the harmful chemicals into food and energy.

When I read this i was amazed!! My perspective ties in with what we have been talking about in science about //__ adaptations __//. I thought that it was so cool that a certain organism can adapt to living in that type of area. They adapt by having a certain bacteria in their body that can actually convert harmful chemicals into food or energy for other organisms. That is a major adaptation! I personally wonder what the animal looks like, or what it is called. Over all I was very interested in this article because, it gave me a lot of information about a topic that I didn't know much about!!

*Skylar....I'm so glad you got your paragraphs back!! :) Way to connect the article to the **ADAPTATIONS** we've been discussing!! I am just as amazed as you are! Excellent response!  -Miss Koch