Prehistoric Lakes of Antarctica Discovered with New, Unknown Viruses.
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[quote][url=http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/12/prehistoric-lakes-of-antarctica-discovered-with-new-unknown-viruses.html]Antonio Alcami, a researcher from the Spanish Research Council and his colleagues analyzed DNA from viruses found in water samples collected from Antarctica's Lake Limnopolar, a surface lake on Livingston Island. They found nearly 10,000 species, including some small DNA viruses that had never before been identified. In total, the viruses were from 12 different families, some of which may be completely new to science, the researchers suggest.[/url][/quote]
Lock your doors people!
sweet
Well, we're boned.
Breaking News: Penguins show flu-like symptoms in Antarctica.
Hardly surprising - we don't know shit about Antarctica
Global warming IS going to get us all killed.
The place you're most likely to find entirely new species is your own back yard.
I remember reading about a biologist who discovered tens of new species, just by studying her own garden thoroughly for a couple of years I think it was.
[QUOTE=Kendra;19221536]Breaking News: Penguins show flu-like symptoms in Antarctica.[/QUOTE]
Someone photo shop the comic strip to say this!
I came to this thread because I saw Ryu-Gi posted last. I was disappointed with the lack of hilarity in his post.
But if those viruses somehow find their way into the population they could kill a fuckton of people before vaccines are developed.
This could be as deadly as Conficker C
Penguin Flu. :gonk:
[QUOTE=Kendra;19221536]Breaking News: Penguins show flu-like symptoms in Antarctica.[/QUOTE]
Avian Flu is nothing new.
[QUOTE=farmatyr;19221741]For all we know these viruses could kill cancer.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, everyone just assumed that it's Super AIDS or something.
And we know more about Mars than our own planet.
Im off to madagascar
Congratulations. Now we're all gonna die because these new virus's make arms grow out our asses.
It's the Marker!
[QUOTE=Thomas849;19221815]Congratulations. Now we're all gonna die because these new virus's make arms grow out our asses.[/QUOTE]
More like less dying, more revolution in ass-wiping.
[QUOTE=Montroze;19221801]Im off to madagascar[/QUOTE]
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He doesn't look the same in the comic strip :frown: [IMG]http://www.topnews.in/files/MARC.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=farmatyr;19221741]For all we know these viruses could kill cancer.[/QUOTE]
And then us
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It'd be cool if these were good viruses though
I think we're all thinking about the same Z word.
[QUOTE=Aries;19222065]I think we're all thinking about the same Z word.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Zebras. I fucking hate them with their fucking stripes.
[QUOTE=hl2poo;19221776]And we know more about Mars than our own planet.[/QUOTE]
Because mars is a big thing of rust and rocks, with a few dead germs.
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[QUOTE=Aries;19222065]I think we're all thinking about the same Z word.[/QUOTE]
Yeah Led Zeppelin rocks.
