Shrimp-like Creature Found in Antarctic Ice

A research team from NASA was shocked to discover a shrimp-like creature 600 feet deep in an Antarctic ice sheet where no light penetrates and where only simple microbes were believed to have been able to live.antarctic-icesheet

The creature is three inches in size and sports an orange color. It suddenly zoomed in front of the camera that the team were using to get a look at the underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet. It then parked itself at the camera cable. When the camera was pulled out, a long tentacle was stuck at the cable, which scientists think to have come from a jellyfish.

The discovery excited the scientists because it may mean that if creatures can really live in such harsh conditions then there is a possibility of life forms in space bodies that share the same set-up. An example of which is Europa, a moon of the planet Jupiter.

Some believe that though there is a possibility that it could have swam from other water bodies, the chances would be small because the nearest open water from where the discovery happened is 12 miles away.