The lake was found in 2014 by a group of researchers led by Erik Cordes, a professor of biology at Temple University in Philadelphia. The “Jacuzzi of Despair” is a lake located in the United States that coincidentally doesn’t actually have a name.This crater-shaped, underwater lake is 34 meters in diameter and can be found at around 1000 meters under sea level. Within this lake, there are three times as much salt found in the water than in normal seawater. View this post on Instagram "The Jacuzzi of Despair Is a Deadly Lake Within the Gulf of Mexico". So, apparently, this pocket at the bottom of the ocean in Mexico is so dense, briny, and filled with poisonous gases, that it 'pickles to death' anything that enters it. The only reason it hasn't risen off the floor yet is because it contains more salt than the surrounding ocean, thus heavier. #picture #jacuzziofdespair #gulfofmexico #mexico #marine #aquatic #aquaticscience #science #marinescience #marinelife #facts #interestingfacts #poisonous A post shared by Annaliese Anderson (@jamaicanmeanna) on Mar 30, 2019 at 3:18pm PDT Given its toxicity and the fact that it is highly charged with methane and hydrogen sulphide, the water kills any organism that wishes to enter it. That is except for shrimps, sea sponges and some bacteria.During their expedition, the team of researchers found some samples of microbial life that were able to adapt to the high salinity of the brine pool and its low level of oxygen.According to Erik Cordes, these creatures may look a lot like those that colonised the Earth millions of years ago.