Mining News: Life forms found in two-mile deep mines

The BBC reports on research work in two-mile-deep gold mines in South Africa where strange nematode worms have been found living deep within the rock.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151124-meet-the-strange-creatures-that-live-in-solid-rock-deep-underground

It isn’t only in caves that we encounter “cave-life”. What is the oddest living thing you have ever found in an old mine? Please tell us about the strange things you have seen.

Monhystrella parvella, the deepest-dwelling animal alive (Credit: Gaetan Borgonie et al)
Monhystrella parvella, the deepest-dwelling animal alive (Credit: Gaetan Borgonie et al)

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