My father-in-law had a big tub of crickets, and one day, he knocked it over. For a while, my wife and her sister were so freaked out by the crickets freely roaming the house. Then, after a few days, they were completely inured to seeing crickets in their shoes and beds. I think it took a few months before all the crickets died out or something like that!
Norilsk sits on one of the world’s biggest nickel, platinum, and palladium deposits, making it, according to the New York Times, Russia's richest city.
I guess a lot of people brave the cold winter for the cold hard cash from the mines!
Very true - but have you ever noticed that life fills every darn niche on Earth? Like even in the most inhospitable places (like a sulfur spring or a deep sea hydrothermal vent) ... it seems like nature likes to fill places with life ...
I guess a lot of people brave the cold winter for the cold hard cash from the mines!