who lives in geothermal pools?

Geothermal areas are more than just rocks, minerals and hot water. They are also home to unique and remarkable plants, animals and micro-organisms.
read more at: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/hot-springs-mud-pools-and-geysers/5

Some of these species are very valuable to science because of their adaptations to extreme temperatures and toxic environments.
read more at http://www.ew.govt.nz/environmental-information/Geothermal-resources/What-lives-in-geothermal-areas/

State scientists who spent three years cataloguing micro-organisms living in geothermal systems around the Taupo volcanic zone say some of them are not found anywhere else in the world.
read more at http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/69478/scientists-find-unique-organisms-geothermal-areas