‘...it contained 20 DNA sequences and while many could be identified, several were completely novel and unknown to science.’
oh no. several sequences novel and completely unknown. what will the those intrepid darwinists do now? so many recent mutations required unless this life form is very, very ancient. but then where’s the common ancestor? what to do? what to do? i know what they’ll do: Aliens!
Nah...it’ll be presented as the newest strain of that wily covid bug , prompting the next round of masks, social spacing, lockdowns and “we’re all gonna die” propaganda. It’s now sneaking in on boats, since the “wet markets” in China stopped selling bat soup