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Life Without Oxygen
June 17, 2010
Loricifera is a multi-cell animal that dwells 10,000 feet down in the mucky bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Measuring only one millimeter long, loricifera looks something like a tiny jellyfish, shaped like a cup with tentacles. Loriciferans seem well-adapted to life without oxygen, with cells that don’t appear to have mitochondria. In their oxygen-free world that could be described as a “dead zone”, the loriciferans happily live, reproduce, and thrive.
Why is this big news? Well, if complex anaerobic organisms can exist in the most inhospitable places on Earth, imagine where else they might be – such as Jupiter, Saturn, and other planets. Angelika Brandt, a deep-sea biologist at Germany's Zoological Museum in Hamburg, says that the discovery of loriciferans is "highly significant" and suggests that animals can live in environments that were formerly deemed too extreme.
In business, we need to constantly learn and to challenge conventional thinking. Thinking creatively in business is a continuum of discovery and learning. Are you thinking, inventing, and being creative? Have you tried something new to improve your business this week, month, or year?
Jack Welch, the famous now-retired CEO of GE, said “Change before you have to”.
The Loriciferans did.
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