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To: JoeProBono

> a mosquito managed to live 18 months clinging to the outside of the International Space Station, without any food, being bombarded by radiation and enduring fluctuating temperatures ranging from minus 230 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.

That must be one pissed off mosquito.


3 posted on 02/24/2009 6:39:47 PM PST by max americana
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6 posted on 02/24/2009 6:43:13 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: max americana

The seeds, crustaceans, barley, and other insects were never found. Hmm. No wonder the mosquito survived. Survival of the fittest.


10 posted on 02/24/2009 6:53:47 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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