in the ocean, near greenland (or iceland) there are underwater gysers and the ocean water is around 600 degrees.
If I wanted to eat one of the strang creatures that live there, how in the heck could I cook it?
With my kitchen oven, I would have to give the poor thing a coat, because even on broil, the animal would still be freezing to death!
2006-07-06 11:21:24 · 4 answers · asked by athorgarak 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Eating it would PROBABLY harm it, so that is of little concern to me!
2006-07-06 19:04:11 · update #1
hmmm... eat it raw!!! ... microwave it?... blast furnace? fire roast it?... just use a wood fire... the only thing you can't do is boil it.
2006-07-06 11:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eating it would kill you.
Most deep see vent creatures have a different bio-chemistry then we do. They often develop sulfur based organisms, so unless you can drink sulfuric acid I wouldn't eat it.
As for the hidden question... Extremal-ophiles, life found in extreme environs, while able to live at extreme temperatures can only handle a small environmental change. So just moving it a few feet away from the vent, you risk harming it.
2006-07-06 18:46:58 · answer #2 · answered by boter_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe in the microwave with a little butter, some garlic, a splash of white wine, anything to cut the sulfur taste. Or just go sashimi style and eat it raw.
2006-07-06 18:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by DIRT MCGIRT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are certain bacteria that can live in very high temperature vents in the sea floor. The creatures (tube worms) live on the bacteria a short distance away where it is much cooler. I believe that you could cook them like any other worms; but that does not mean they are edible.
2006-07-06 18:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋