https://www.pitara.com/tags/deep-sea-creatures/Recent content in Deep Sea Creatures on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-are-volcanic-tubeworms/Sat, 11 Dec 2004 13:50:41 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-are-volcanic-tubeworms/<p>In order to raise chicks the farmer keeps the eggs warm and is careful not to crush them. But when scientists in the University of Southern California rear tubeworms, they keep the immature worms very cold and under high pressure.</p> <p>You would think the scientists are being cruel by subjecting these little worms to such extreme conditions. They are not.</p> <p>The worms can thrive only under these circumstances, because they live in the deep sea where it is very cold. They thrive on the sulphurous vents of volcanoes at a depth of 8,000 feet in the Pacific Ocean.</p>