-Some hot springs have superheated water.
The water is under such great pressure as
it spurts from cracks in the rock, that is hotter
than boiling. Yet some tiny life-forms called
bacteria can live in it.
-On a hot, sunny day, the water in a rock pool
can reach more than 50 degree centigrade. Yet
in winter it can be almost freezing. Rock pool
animals must be very tough to withstand such
extremes.
-The biggest pearl was found in a giant clam and
was 12 cm across. One oyster had eight small
pearls inside,
-The giant squid has the largest eyes of any animal.
They are up to 40 cm across- about the size of a
soccer ball.
REF:THE MILES KELLY BOOK OF LIFE
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