Deep Sea Vents

They sound kind of threatening.  Really, there just hot water vents near the bottom of the ocean.  They occur when seawater circulates through hot volcanic rocks and they are often located where new oceanic crust is formed. Deep sea vents can be found in Cayman Trench and are excellent for biodiversity. It provides a lot of minerals that we use like copper, zinc, iron and other metals.  It is great for animal species like tubeworms, barnacles, hydrothermal vent octopus, hydrothermal vent eelpout fish, and the deep sea Pompeii worm.  These environments are independent of energy from the sun and use chemosynthesis.  Now personally I wouldn't want to go near a deep sea vent, because first of it seems really HOT and I am not ready to burn to a crisp and drown and second of all some of these creatures kinda freak me out! So yeah, I'm good with just learning about this kind of environment, no experience necessary, lol.