{"id":120320,"date":"2023-10-23T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120320"},"modified":"2023-10-23T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:30:50","slug":"volcano-mice-may-prove-life-on-mars-possible-as-summit-closest-thing-to-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/volcano-mice-may-prove-life-on-mars-possible-as-summit-closest-thing-to-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcano mice may prove life on Mars possible as summit &#8216;closest thing&#8217; to planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mice living at the summit of a group of volcanoes have given scientists hope mammals could live on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Reaching heights of more than 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level, scientists had concluded mammalian life simply couldn&apos;t survive in the Andes. But researchers have now found the remains of rodents there, with the discovery now challenging how experts understand the limits of life on Earth and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Boffins say the ultra-dry summits of volcanoes in the Atacama Plateau of Chile and Argentina are the &quot;closest thing on Earth&quot; to the surface of Mars due to the thin atmosphere and freezing temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Tutankhamun&apos;s babyface reconstruction as modern man &apos;moves viewers to tears&apos;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest brilliantly bizarre news from the Daily Star, click here.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Professor Jay Storz, a biologist at University of Nebraska in the US, even found a live leaf-eared mouse at the 22,000-foot peak of Llullaillaco, a volcano straddling the Chile-Argentina border, in early 2020. It is the first time a mammal has been found living at such extreme altitudes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31261139.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_EMB-Discovery-of-mice-at-Andes-volcano-summit-suggests-mammals-could-live-on-Mars.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Professor Storz said: &quot;The most surprising thing about our discovery is that mammals could be living on the summits of volcanoes in such an inhospitable, Mars-like environment. Well-trained mountain climbers can tolerate such extreme elevations during a one-day summit attempt, but the fact that mice are actually living at such elevations demonstrates that we have underestimated the physiological tolerances of small mammals.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Professor Storz and his colleagues first discovered a mummified mouse on the summit of Volcan Salin at the edge of a rock pile by chance. It wasn&apos;t long before they discovered other corpses similar to the first.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31261137.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_EMB-Discovery-of-mice-at-Andes-volcano-summit-suggests-mammals-could-live-on-Mars.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31251760.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_CrocBANNER.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Crocodile attack capital where terrorised people decapitate beasts to prevent &apos;ghosts&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&quot;Once my climbing partner and I started searching through the rest of the rocks, we found seven more mummies on the same summit,&quot; Professor Storz added.<\/p>\n<p>They then embarked on a mission to search the summits of all Andean volcanoes. After scouring some 21 summits, they&apos;ve now found 13 rodents, with some mummies accompanied by the skeletal remains of multiple other mice.<\/p>\n<p>Radiocarbon dating showed the mummified mice found on the summits of two volcanoes were just a few decades old. Those from a third site were estimated to be a maximum of 350 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31261138.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_EMB-Discovery-of-mice-at-Andes-volcano-summit-suggests-mammals-could-live-on-Mars.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Genetic analysis of the deceased animals showed they were a species of leaf-eared mouse called Phyllotis vaccarum, which are known to live at lower levels in the region. However, this is the first time they have been found at such heights.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Storz said he was shocked to discover the remnants in such unforgiving conditions. He said: &quot;The discovery of the mouse mummies on the summits of these freezing, wind-scoured volcano summits was a huge surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In combination with our live-capture records of mice on the summits and flanks of other high elevation Andean volcanoes, we are amassing more and more evidence that there are long-term resident populations of mice living at extreme elevations.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The findings raise questions about how mammals can survive in such harsh conditions and could even hint at the possibility for life on Mars. &quot;Even at the base of the volcanoes, the mice are living in an extreme, Martian environment,&quot; Professor Storz continued. &quot;And then, on the summits of the volcanoes, it&apos;s even more so. It feels like outer space.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>* This article was crafted with the help of an AI tool, which speeds up Daily Star&apos;s editorial research. An editor reviewed this content before it was published. You can report any errors to starletters@dailystar.co.uk<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/volcano-mice-could-prove-life-31260467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mice living at the summit of a group of volcanoes have given scientists hope mammals could live on Mars. 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