Speaking of 'warm little ponds' or, puddles in this case; Years ago me and some friends used to go out to a little spot just West of Utah Lake to do some long range target shooting. There was this one particular little area that was void of any notable life. In fact, when you looked around, there was nothing even close. After being in that hot sun for most of the day and drinking lot's of water, a person would naturally have to make room for more, and so on this particular spot, we would collectively leave enough fluid to run a ton of those little "urine' batteries Patrick mentioned in a recent post. ;) Well I drove back out to this spot not long ago to reminisce and have a look around, and was stunned to see what had grown in that little spot where we would stop to pee. I believe the sign said 'Eagle Mountain'! ;) Be careful where you pee. You never know what may grown in it's place... Quoting Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes@earthlink.net>:
But if it has to form in some more pleasant place and then work its way into extreme environments, we'd be less likely to find something in places that never had Darwin's 'warm little pond'.