[yakak]

That's a strange way to put it. What teems with more life than an open sewer?

[blitzar]

If I am not mistaken on my history, the NY sewers were the long time home to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[411111111111111]

It depends on the sewage. Even bacteria die if there is lots of chemical waste innit, which was the case for a lot of so called open sewers.

[wkat4242]

It's life Jim, but not as we want it.

[notahacker]

Reminds me of a Terry Pratchett quip about looking at the microbes in the drinking water in Ankh Morpork, along the lines of anything that could support that much life had to be healthy

[xg15]

Yeah, the article is good, but that headline had Onion qualities :)

[jollyllama]

Not all life is equal.