# Deepest-living land animal found

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-living-land-animal-found/584195>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 3, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-living-land-animal-found/584195 "2011-06-03T14:38:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-living-land-animal-found/584195/1 "2011-06-03T14:38:15Z")

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\*Worms have been found living at depths in the Earth where it was previously thought animals could not survive.

Discovered in South African mines, the roundworms can survive in the stifling 48C (118F) water that seeps between cracks **1.3km beneath the Earth’s crust.** \*

[Link.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13620701)

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-living-land-animal-found/584195/2 "2011-06-04T07:49:58Z")

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Spice must flow.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepest-living-land-animal-found/584195/3 "2011-06-04T15:15:52Z")

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Thanks for the link.

Thats pretty cool. Hot worms run deep I guess.