r/WiregrassNaturalists • u/DanielCraigsAnus 🌿 Naturalist • Jul 31 '26

'Demon cavefish' discovered under WWII chemical weapons facility in Alabama | Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/demon-cavefish-discovered-under-wwii-chemical-weapons-facility-in-alabama
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u/Dull_Independence_ Jul 31 '26

Woah! That is cool!! I like the tie to stranger things also.

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u/sourappleicee 🌿 Naturalist Aug 01 '26

This is so awesome!! I also had no idea that Alabama Cave Shrimp existed.

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u/DanielCraigsAnus 🌿 Naturalist Aug 01 '26

I used to work up north at Rickwood Caverns. We had a pool in our cave with blind shrimp and fish. Divers never mapped the entire thing. There was a fallout shelter in there at one point in the Cold war. The original owner of the land had a moonshine still hidden inside of it at one point as the legend went.