It has always been thought that every form of life needs light and oxygen. This is not true. It never has been. A universe of opportunities has opened up due the the find of the Snotties.

Snottites, are colonies of single-celled Extremophilic bacteria. They hang from the walls and ceilings of caves and are similar to small stalactites, but have the consistency of "snot", or mucus.

The bacteria derive their energy from chemosynthesis of volcanic sulphur compounds and warm-water solution dripping down from above. Because of this, they are highly acidic, some with the corrosive properties of battery acid (sulphuric acid).

Snottites. were recently brought to attention by researchers Diana Northup and Penny Boston, studying them (and other organisms) in a toxic sulphur cave called Cueva de Villa Luz (Cave of the Lighted House), in Tabasco, Mexico. The term "Snottite" was originally given to these cave features by Jim Pisarowicz in 1986.

Snottites have also been found in the drained mining levels of Parys Mountain in Anglesey, Wales.

But this is not the only life form that can live in this environment. Yes there are more, more than you or I can imagine. We are finding life in such places all the time. So what comes next?

These “lovely” little forms of life are called Extremophiles. Extremophiles are microbes that thrive in environments that would terminate us humans in seconds flat. And that is the point, just because we can not live there does not mean that nothing can live there. These forms of life represent the start of something. Who are we to say that they could not grow into something more if given the time.

Is it just bacteria? is it heck. In the same cave there is a small fly that lays its lava in the Snottites. In this highly acidic environment they thrive and grow to adulthood. This is just two of the forms of life that grow here.  So why not on Venus. If not on the surface, then under the planets crust. There is life out there.