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Tardigrades: Water bears in space (photo at link)
BBC.Co.UK ^
| May. 17 2011
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Posted on 05/17/2011 11:11:51 AM PDT by ransomnote
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Most freakish photo of a living thing I've seen in a loooooong time.
To: ransomnote
Most freakish photo of a living thing I've seen in a loooooong time. Resembles Hillary.
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:15:42 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: ransomnote
What happens if the exposure to space radiation turns them into giant space water bears that ravage the planet eating entire continents at a time? Then what?
Don’t these guys get the sci-fi channel? Don’t that know what could happen? Is it really worth the risk?
To: ClearCase_guy
that’s pretty damn disgusting
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:16:53 AM PDT
by
Dominic01
(Political correctness has become a psychosis)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:17:33 AM PDT
by
RMDupree
(I'm not really here.)
To: All
To: Brookhaven
Godzilla vs WaterBear!!!!
To: Dominic01
Did I do something wrong? I attempted to upload a photo of Dr Who's Tardis, making a play on the word tardigrade.
It got pulled and two people are expressing unhappiness with me. I'm truly sorry if I goofed.
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:22:58 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: Brookhaven
Godzilla vs WaterBear!!!!
To: Brookhaven
What happens if the exposure to space radiation turns them into giant space water bears that ravage the planet eating entire continents at a time? Then what? And don't forget about the zombi water bears!
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:23:57 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: ClearCase_guy
Your hotlink was booby trapped. Some sites like rotten.com do it routinely.
To: Sidebar Moderator
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:26:11 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: ransomnote
Bizarre. It looks like it’s wearing a itty bitty space suit.
To: right way right
“Bizarre. It looks like its wearing a itty bitty space suit.”
With a universal vacuum cleaner upholstery hub on its face...
Now...I am going to try to stop hearing a spontaneous ditty about an ‘itty bitty space suit’ playing in my head for the rest of the day.
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
05/17/2011 11:35:15 AM PDT
by
Jack of all Trades
(Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
To: ransomnote
I don’t care what the study shows. Water bears are threatened with extinction by global warming. That’s settled science and I’m sticking to my story. /s
To: ransomnote
WaterBear vs SeaMonkeys!!
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:23:25 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
100 years from now Scientists will create a human/tardigrades hybrid that can withstand the ionising radiation of long space voyages and be put in a state of suspended life for thousands of years. Maybe this is how we can colonize the universe with space craft not able to exceed the speed of light.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:37:43 PM PDT
by
RC51
To: Brookhaven
Godzilla will stop them, If they land in Japan.
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posted on
05/17/2011 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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