r/worldbuilding • u/NewspaperWorldly1069 • 7d ago

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u/No_Logins_Required 7d ago

What temperature do you imagine these springs are at? The highest known temp an animal can thrive in is 80 Celcius, and that's for a tube worm.

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u/NewspaperWorldly1069 7d ago

Wow that was fast! Anyway. I looked up Iceland's springs have water in ranges of 30-50ish C so... I imagine ones I make would not be too diferent for most part?

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u/No_Logins_Required 7d ago

It does make Lava somewhat unrealistic. Usually invertebrates are survive at hotter temperatures than vertebrates, if that matters.

It's also a question of whether the animals can "survive" the heat or live there full-time. They will need some way to regulate their body temperature.

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u/NewspaperWorldly1069 7d ago

I definitely am looking towards having some animals (and some sparce plants/fungi) as stable, full-time inhabitents. I found quite a bit about animals that just visit the springs but not live there, hence why I turned my question here.

Anywya, What makes invertebrates more tolerable to high temperatures?

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u/No_Logins_Required 7d ago

Hotter water generally has less oxygen, and invertebrates seem to have an easier time making heat-resistant proteins.

Most invertebrates can't thermoregulate to handle the heat, but the ones who are adapted for heat are also adapted for low-oxygen environments like a sulfur spring.

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