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Plutomurus ortobalaganensis

Plutomurus ortobalaganensis
Enrique Baquero Link to Wikispecies / CC BY-SA 3.0 · resizedfile

Plutomurus ortobalaganensis is the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living at 1,980 metres (6,500 ft) below a cave entrance. It is a species of springtail (arthropods) endemic to the Krubera-Voronja cave system in Abkhazia, Georgia. It was discovered in the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010. It feeds on a few fungi and decomposing organic matter in the caves.

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Cave Animals That Live in Total Darkness
Cave Animals That Live in Total Darkness
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Plenty of animals use caves, but only some have been reshaped by them. This list gathers animals adapted to the dark zone, where no daylight ever reaches: salamanders and fish whose eyes have...
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