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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
quote [ In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.
Six hundred feet below the ice where no light shines, scientists had figured nothing much more than a few microbes could exist. ] Almost on a daily basis scientists discover something new about the ocean. Some discoveries are delightful; others boggle the mind. I love this stuff!!!
[sci&tech] [by JOECAM@3:35amGMT] [+4 Interesting] |
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theolypse
said @ 3:39am GMT on 17th Mar
Rewhat? |
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Mr. Langosta
said @ 3:40am GMT on 17th Mar
Gaga> |
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damnit
said @ 5:56am GMT on 17th Mar
If such a thing as slutting it up doesn't work, this would be it. I haven't ejacuated in almost a month and I'm not even turned by this video. |
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damnit
said @ 5:57am GMT on 17th Mar
I guess a coined a new term. Ejacuate the dance floor. |
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symmetrian
said @ 6:22pm GMT on 17th Mar
What's interesting is I have about the same reaction. Completely not arousing. |
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backSLIDER
said @ 6:11pm GMT on 18th Mar
It's weird, I see things I would normally identify as potential wank material but the total of it all makes it impossible. |
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Cakkafracle
said @ 6:34am GMT on 17th Mar
its like the choreography was done by Corky Corkeography!  srsly though, I really hate lady gaga |
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headlessfriar
said @ 3:19pm GMT on 17th Mar
And here I was thinking Corky Romano, as played by Christopher Guest. |
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sua_sponte
said @ 6:22pm GMT on 17th Mar
Corky Romano was played by Chris Kattan. Google, people, seriously. |
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symmetrian
said @ 7:43pm GMT on 17th Mar
I took it he meant the picture looked like the character Corky Romano if it were played by Christopher Guest, but maybe I'm reading it wrong. |
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Naruki
said @ 2:27pm GMT on 18th Mar
I thought he played Raymond's brother? |
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LethalFlatulence
said @ 5:25pm GMT on 17th Mar
That is some terrible noise and video. |
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conga
said @ 10:08pm GMT on 17th Mar
She kind of looks like a completely hairless Sacha Baron Cohen :( |
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Cakkafracle
said @ 11:32pm GMT on 17th Mar
SHE DOES!! |
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crom
said @ 12:01am GMT on 18th Mar
Those two should totally hook up. |
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Omegaphobic
said @ 4:29am GMT on 17th Mar
[Score:3 Insightful]
Hooray, discovery of intricately balanced cold-water ecologies hidden beneath the ice sheets! As the ice sheets disappear we will uncover more of their wonders! What? |
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foobar
said @ 8:16am GMT on 17th Mar
Tentacles found deep under Antarctica. This will end well. |
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max_damage78
said @ 11:58am GMT on 17th Mar
Don't worry, I hear the Japanese are all over it. OOOO!!! Did I make a sex joke or was it a food joke? Either way,it was a racial slur! I challenge YOU to decide! |
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Fenny
said @ 12:09pm GMT on 17th Mar
They probably have a boat heading over right now to gather research samples! |
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pleaides
said @ 11:07am GMT on 18th Mar
with BOMBS!!! |
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robotroadkill
said @ 11:24am GMT on 17th Mar
How can this be a surprise to them? Surely they have spoken with a marine biologist at some point in their lives? We have known of animals living in pitch black, near-freezing water for ages. Having ice above them is of little consequence. |
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soulecho
said @ 2:02pm GMT on 17th Mar
In the case of the deep ocean critters, we know where the energy is coming from to "power" the ecosystem down there (black smokers). Where are the noms coming from under the ice sheets? Keep in mind, for life to exist in a place you need two things: the correct "stuff" and an energy gradient. What is the energy gradient in this case? |
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crom
said @ 12:05am GMT on 18th Mar
I just assumed they were eating little bits of dead things that floated there from the open ocean. |
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robotroadkill
said @ 4:46am GMT on 18th Mar
Antarctic seas are notable for having high nutrient levels thanks to the cold deep currents upwelling. In situ primary production is low beneath the pack (perennial) ice but carbon input is possible through advection from adjacent areas. McMurdo Sound is a good example of this. For more info and a review of advective carbon inputs, buy this 127 dollar book. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Polar-Oceanography-Part-B/Jr-Smith/e/9780126530322 |
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