Post by L Roebuck on Sept 14, 2007 7:09:52 GMT -5
Buda-Based Biologist Helped Discover Cave Creatures
kxan.com
In the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, researchers have discovered about 30 species of eye-opening cave creatures.
One of the scientists making these discoveries received her doctorate from the University of Texas.
Biologist Jean Krejca entered her first cave 20 years ago.
"The idea that you could go where no one has gone before, that kind of exploration, that sort of, you know, frontierism, really doesn't exist in that many places that are easily accessible on the surface," Krejca said. "You know, you could go climb some really remote mountaintop or explore the deep sea with a really fancy submarine, but this is something you can do with a helmet and a light and a pair of boots."
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kxan.com
In the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, researchers have discovered about 30 species of eye-opening cave creatures.
One of the scientists making these discoveries received her doctorate from the University of Texas.
Biologist Jean Krejca entered her first cave 20 years ago.
"The idea that you could go where no one has gone before, that kind of exploration, that sort of, you know, frontierism, really doesn't exist in that many places that are easily accessible on the surface," Krejca said. "You know, you could go climb some really remote mountaintop or explore the deep sea with a really fancy submarine, but this is something you can do with a helmet and a light and a pair of boots."
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