An alien moose bit someone's sister.
uh, huh. and maggots use to come from rotten meat.
This is kind of mild stuff compared to the fact that sometimes it rains cats and dogs where I live.
I know a guy at work who takes the guardian seriously L0L
Hmmmm.......
And where and when did the bird flu first show up? < cue ominous music >
The "scientist" announcing this "discovery" was a physicist, NOT an expert in biology.
*LOL*
Some of the fascinating portions of the article in New Scientist include the following excerpts:
"Cockell argues that there could be a simpler explanation the red particles are actually blood. "They look like red blood cells to me," he says. The size fits just right; red blood cells are normally about 6 to 8 micrometres wide. They are naturally dimpled just like the red rain particles. What's more, mammalian red blood cells contain no DNA because they don't have a cell nucleus."
"It's tough to explain, however, how 50 tonnes of mammal blood could have ended up in rain clouds. Cockell takes a wild guess that maybe a meteor explosion massacred a flock of bats, splattering their blood in all directions. India is home to around 100 species of bats, which sometimes fly to altitudes of 3 kilometres or more. "A giant flock of bats is actually a possibility maybe a meteor airburst occurred during a bat migration," he says. "But one would have to wonder where the bat wings are."
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"If they can't explain the origin of the samples, then the suggestion that they are alien life will gain credence. In that case, someone will have to verify an observation that Louis made which even he finds astonishing: that the cells replicate. In earlier unpublished papers, Louis says he cultured the red rain cells in unconventional nutrients, such as cedar wood oil, and showed that these DNA-devoid microbes divide happily at a temperature of 300 C. Louis admits he left these claims out of his latest paper because he thought they would be considered "too extraordinary".
That would be one tough bug. Hanging out in the Oort cloud is no picnic.
whoa...
Between 15% to 80% of aerosols are biotic in origin, depending on geographical region.
http://education.vsnl.com/godfrey/
This is a report by the researcher on the Red Rain of India.
Two very unique facts about Kerala - 1) it's the Christian Cradle of India and Asia, going back to 52 AD. It has more vocations per family (priesthood, rel life) than any place in the world. However 2) it also has the lowest birthrate in India, because population control mongers have slammed it with govt protocols and they've submitted over the years. Meanwhile, Muslim birthrates have exploded and will dominate the area in 20 years.
In others words - it's a big time wake up call. Someone is saying "Kerala, we have a problem..."