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9. The Biological Adaptations
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Living in pink lakes, the species there have evolved amazing adaptations that challenge our understanding of what life may offer. These extremophiles have developed special cellular structures and metabolic pathways that enable them to not only survive but flourish in environments that would be fatal to most other living entities. Their cell membranes feature unique changes that stop salt from interfering with cellular processes, and they generate protective molecules to guard against strong UV radiation. Astrobiologists, who study these species to learn how life can exist on other worlds with severe environments, have paid great interest to these adaptations.
