• Question: by weirdest force in nature by thinking about the coldest things in the universe, do you think there would be sea-spiders deep down?

    Asked by jessicaspiderrcool to Steven on 18 Jun 2015.
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      Steven Thomson answered on 18 Jun 2015:


      Hmm, I’m not sure sea-spiders are as weird or as cold as most of the things I work on, but they definitely are real creatures! Mostly they live in relatively shallow seas, at warm temperatures where water is liquid. The things I study happen at temperatures way below -200C, where water is definitely frozen and sea-spiders definitely wouldn’t be able to survive!

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