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Mongolian death worm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_death_worm

Source Skeptoid #344 January 8, 2013 by Brian Dunning http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4344

Habitat and behaiviour In the 1987 book 'Altajn Tsaadakh Govd', Ivan Mackerle found (and provided this translation of) this brief mention of the creatures behaviour: '...it travels underground. Its movement can be detected from above via the waves of sand that it displaces.'

Investigations In 1990 and 1992, Ivan Mackerle lead small groups of companions into the Gobi desert to search for the worm. Inspired by Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune in which giant fictional sand worms could be brought to the surface by rhythmic thumping, Mackerle constructed a motor-driven 'thumper' and even utilised small explosive charges in a bid to find the animal.

Mark Stevenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stevenson

Notably, whilst writing An Optimist's Tour of the Future he met the then Prime Minister of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed and was present at the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting.

"to draw attention to the climate change issue... he [Mohamed Nasheed] held an underwater cabinet meeting... I was there, I was lucky, I was one of four people that wasn't in the government or the support team that was in the water at this time, it was a very bizzare experience..."

Point of Inquiry - Neil deGrasse Tyson - The Sky is not the limit

Upon being asked for this thoughts on becoming the Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Tyson has said "...when I was a kid... there were scientists and educators on the staff at the Hayden Planetarium... who invested their time and energy in my enlightenment... and I've never forgotten that. And to end up back there as it's director, I feel this deep sense of duty, that I serve in the same capacity for people who come through the facility today, that others served for me..."