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Etile
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PostPosted: 11-28-2015 05:10 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote





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Lead Pipe Mafia
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PostPosted: 11-28-2015 05:47 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I came here expecting something funny not cool as fuck.



You're welcome.




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Etile
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PostPosted: 11-28-2015 10:26 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


:olo:

was actually thinking something similar




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 11-28-2015 06:09 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Interesting video,so thanks seremtan for sharing :)



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Canadian Shaft
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PostPosted: 11-28-2015 06:20 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


check out the tardigrade.

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http://www.sciencealert.com/the-tardigr ... any-animal

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Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the tardigrade, AKA the water bear, for the first time. And it turns out that this weird little creature has the most foreign genes of any animal studied so far – or to put it another way, roughly one-sixth of the tardigrade's genome was stolen from other species. ... A little background here for those who aren’t familiar with the strangeness that is the tardigrade – the microscopic water creature grows to just over 1 mm on average, and is the only animal that can survive in the harsh environment of space. It can also withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, can cope with ridiculous amounts of pressure and radiation, and can live for more than 10 years without food or water. ...
So what's foreign DNA and why does it matter that tardigrades have so much of it? The term refers to genes that have come from another organism via a process known as horizontal gene transfer, as opposed to being passed down through traditional reproduction.

Horizontal gene transfer occurs in humans and other animals occasionally, usually as a result of gene swapping with viruses, but to put it into perspective, most animals have less than 1 percent of their genome made up of foreign DNA. Before this, the rotifer – another microscopic water creature – was believed to have the most foreign genes of any animal, with 8 or 9 percent.

But the new research has shown that approximately 6,000 of the tardigrade’s genes come from foreign species, which equates to around 17.5 percent.


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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 11-28-2015 07:29 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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..................the microscopic water creature grows to just over 1 mm on average, and is the only animal that can survive in the harsh environment of space. It can also withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, can cope with ridiculous amounts of pressure and radiation, and can live for more than 10 years without food or water. ...


:question: :eek: :confused:

Hardy little beast!



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Risen From The Ashes
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PostPosted: 11-29-2015 06:16 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Not sure if the tardigrade gif is just a dog in a suit or not.




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PostPosted: 11-29-2015 04:51 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


PhoeniX wrote:
Not sure if the tardigrade gif is just a dog in a suit or not.


Maybe two dogs?




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Canadian Shaft
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PostPosted: 07-26-2016 04:02 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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Extreme evil
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PostPosted: 07-26-2016 05:10 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


*whistles Metroid Prime theme*

cool :up:



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PostPosted: 07-26-2016 06:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Cool video and the word your looking for is gobsmacked, I was gobsmacked when I watched that video. Carry on



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