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Nigrum Cattus

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6. funny the things you find when you start look'in

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 03:37 PM

13 hrs ago

"lobster-like creatures" = antarctic crayfish - gumbo time !
we have no idea how many of those subglacial rivers there are
or how much melt water they are producing - Greenland is similar

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