Are aliens real? may be! If I tell you that there is an actual organism that can live in impossible conditions, would you believe me? I wouldn't!This little 1 mm catepillar like bug can survive 300 degree F, 300 degrees F below zero, 570,000 roentgen of radiation, complete vacuum, needing no water for years... NASA even sent them to space on the 'outside' of the space vehicle... and... they survived!
That is a 'Tardigrade' or 'Water Bear.' They have a mouth, a digestive tract, 4 paires of legs and claws, and muscles. They are actually real and ubiquitous! You can find them by taking a dryed moss in a forest and rehydrate it. They will come a live. They use a mechanism of 'cryptobiosis,' or 'suspended animation,' to survive. They literally curl up and die, then gets revived when living conditions are good again.
http://youtu.be/SUC0_HjNFBs
http://youtu.be/7W194GQ6fHI
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Other weird stuff I read is that some mice are getting human progenitor brain cells injected into their brains and when the human brain cells take over... these mice are SMARTER! They perform more complicated tasks and with more focus... What's next?
http://youtu.be/_Mpk7ngKCOE
2 comments:
I learned about these guys recently too. They are SOOO cool!!!
Hey Jake,
So nice to see your comment. Man, I can only imagine and dream about how much we do not know. It is mind blowing just thinking about how one little organism like this seemed to defy our current understanding of science... nevertheless countless others that are yet to be discovered!
George
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