Another stride forward in biology

[gekkogecko]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100408/sc_livescience/animalslivingwithoutoxygendiscoveredforfirsttime

Summary: scientists have found a jellyfish-like *multicellular* *anaerobic* critter in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea.

[Oldfart]

It takes us one step closer to ET.

Life fills niches.

[PantyFanatic]

No! No! NO!! :hair:

It doesn't look like us. It doesn't act like us. It can't exist in the universe.


*puts fingers in ears and walks away* "la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-.........."

[gekkogecko]

PF, not only does it exist in our universe, but if you don't watch out, it will be coming to get you.

[PantyFanatic]

GG, we don't know it but they already have us. We are nothing but space ships for bacteria.
:rofl:

[Oldfart]

We are nothing but space ships for bacteria.
:rofl:

Our cells are full of bugs which hitched a ride and never left. The mitochondria are the most obvious, but we have whole virus sequences in our DNA.