in one word Art, "chemosynthesis".
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From: MR ART WEIL <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Saturday, October 31, 1998 11:15 PM
Subject: Curse of the Question Man
 
 
>Hey all;-
>    Someone recently wrote about the meriads of undiscovered species
>that probably inhabit the deepest parts of the oceans. Correct me if
>I'm wrong (it would be the first time since 1967) but wouldn't the
>absence of sunlight keep plants from growing down there? And,
>therefore, wouldn't there be far fewer grazing mollusks? And thus
>fewer critters for carnivorous mollusks to dine on? I know all about
>the warm vents and the strange things that live there, but I believe
>these may be in very limited parts of the oceans.
>    Your comments?
>        C of the QM
>