Woodlouse from Movile Cave, Romania, coloured environmental scanning electron micrograph. Life in this cave has evolved in isolation for millions of y

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Woodlouse from Movile Cave, Romania, coloured environmental scanning electron micrograph. Life in this cave has evolved in isolation for millions of years in an environment rich in hydrogen sulphide. Microbes obtaining energy from hydrogen sulphide form the basis of the food chain. Invertebrates such as this woodlouse feed on microscopic plants and animals that form a biofilm in this cave. The woodlouse in turn is preyed on by larger invertebrates.

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Photo credit: © THIERRY BERROD, MONA LISA PRODUCTION/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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