I’m always amazed when new species of life are discovered. Maybe I shouldn’t be, I mean, while man has thoughtlessly ravaged so much of our Earth, there should be at least some places still undiscovered, and it goes without saying that there would be life in those areas. But as man’s foray into more and more of these precious, isolated areas continues, it seems that more species go extinct, and discovering new species becomes a rare thing.
But, life, in may ways like man, is a hardy thing. And there are some species of life that live in the most inhospitable areas, in extreme cold or extreme heat, in complete isolation, and one species even lives 100% alone, without any symbiosis whatsoever.
The Smithsonian article about these unique life forms is worth a read, it is as fascinating as it is enlightening.
