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Giant Amoebas Discovered in Deepest Ocean Trench
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| 10/21/11
Posted on 10/21/2011 9:39:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Salamander
If he was trying to induce vomiting, he could’ve just made it sit through his audition tape
To: Salamander
Egads, I saw The Black Hole in the movie theater. Thirty years later I’m still seeing those stupid robots that spoke with Slim Pickins and Roddy McDowell’s voices. And the giant erector set in space.
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posted on
10/21/2011 11:23:58 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Obama: The stupid person`s idea of a smart person.)
To: Osamabindead
Roughly 1/10th the size of Gene Roddenberry’s ego?
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posted on
10/21/2011 11:25:17 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Obama: The stupid person`s idea of a smart person.)
To: ModelBreaker
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posted on
10/22/2011 1:44:57 AM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
To: theDentist
Uhm, the article cited does say 4 inches... proving any of us can speed read, but not all can speed comprehend..:-)
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posted on
10/22/2011 1:47:52 AM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
To: stickywillie
How do you think Obama was elected? They are a liberals dream.. even after you register them to vote they can divide and now there are two.. then four.. then eight...
sort of like some districts in Philly where there are more voters than citizens... same thing I guess..
And most likely they will also NEVER have a super bowl or baseball world champion either...
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posted on
10/22/2011 1:54:59 AM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
To: All
...MEG Hell’s Aquarium...it was a pretty good book.
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posted on
10/22/2011 2:25:32 AM PDT
by
Irenic
To: Darkwolf377
Those were bryozoans.
To: theDentist
Um, in your science education, did you learn that an amoeba is a ONE-CELLED creature?
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posted on
10/22/2011 6:54:47 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: rhinohunter
Your finger glued to the post button?
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posted on
10/22/2011 7:00:31 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I guess some people are born with a need to be pissed off about something........)
To: theDentist; MHGinTN
I think it said just one of its [sic] cells exceeded 4 inches.
The team documented the deepest known existence of xenophyophores, single-celled animals exclusively found in deep-sea environments. Xenophyophores are noteworthy for their size, with individual cells often exceeding 4 inches (10 centimeters)...
They were referring to individuals of the same group of single-celled animals, not cells of a single individual--ha ha, individual, I just got what that actually means. A single-celled animal really is individual.
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posted on
10/22/2011 7:02:45 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: aruanan
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"So, you think you're an individual. Is that it, Private Xenophyophore?"
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posted on
10/22/2011 8:45:59 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: heartwood
When I was in high school, there was a one-act play that scared the bejeebers out of me. The Amoeba. The four-foot amoeba. Big enough to skeletonize its victims in three seconds of pitch black.Sounds a bit like "The Blob".
The original 1958 version scared the crap out of me when I saw it back then. Very little special effects, blood or gore but still very creepy.
Four inches. That's okay then.
Uh, no it's not. The Blob started out at about 4 inches too until it started eating people. Think I'll start stockpiling some CO2 extinguishers. :D
To: MHGinTN
I likely did, yet I never pursued a career where dealing with amoeba was an important part of my daily life.
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posted on
10/22/2011 9:32:47 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: ModelBreaker
Then Ill make sure not to try to site a business anywhere near them. Why not? That would be a perfect spot for a smelter.
Recent studies indicate that by trapping particles from the water, xenophyophores can concentrate high levels of lead, uranium and mercury and are thus likely resistant to large doses of heavy metals.
To: NormsRevenge
They also are well suited to a life of darkness, low temperature and high pressure in the deep sea. I was under the impression that high pressure resulted in high temperature rather than low.
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10/22/2011 10:49:14 AM PDT
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