Life On Titan - Liquid Methane/ethane Environment at The Surface

Liquid Methane/ethane Environment At The Surface

See also: Hypothetical types of biochemistry

It has also been suggested that life could exist in the liquid methane and ethane that form rivers and lakes on Titan's surface, just as organisms on Earth live in water. Such creatures would take in H2 in place of O2, react it with acetylene instead of glucose, and produce methane instead of carbon dioxide. By comparison, some methanogens on Earth obtain energy by reacting hydrogen with carbon dioxide, producing methane and water.

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