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Scientists are finding microbial life in places they never expected — in boiling water, inside rocks, under ice, and even at the bottom of the ocean where it's dark, cold and the pressure is very high. These microbes are called extremophiles, and scientists are looking to them for clues as to what some alien life might be like. |  |
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Europa Quiz
4) Which creature is called a "firefly" in its bioluminescent larval stage?
 Scissorjaws are soft bodied predators that use infrared sense organs to locate each other and stalk prey. By rippling the fin that surrounds their bodies, Scissorjaws can swim in any direction or hover in place.
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 Fireflies are the Tide Riders' swimming larvae. They school together and descend to the ocean floor where they make their transformation into juvenile Tide Riders.
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