Comments | wtf_nature: Two more "new discovery" articles and I'm done.

kandi_panties in wtf_nature

Two more "new discovery" articles and I'm done.

Jun 03, 2008 09:17

A Survivor In Greenland: A Novel Bacterial Species Is Found Trapped In 120,000-year-old Ice

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extremophiles, gecko, new discovery

Comments 5

violettavalery June 3 2008, 17:42:13 UTC

Wasn't there an X-Files episode about the first one? Does this mean we should now fear brain worms?

pulmonary_blue June 3 2008, 22:16:12 UTC

I'll need to collect stool samples from all of you.

selke June 3 2008, 19:47:01 UTC

What nine year old would think of that?

flewellyn June 5 2008, 03:45:10 UTC

I would have!

volcanoandice June 5 2008, 06:23:32 UTC

"In fact, some species have been found living in the ultra-purified water used for dialysis.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I do so much dialysis in my experiments for my thesis. Noooooooooooooooooooooooes!

And that 4th grader rules. The name is rad, I approve.