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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 11:53 PM
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34,000-Year-Old Life Found Still Alive In Death Valley


34,000 year-old bacteria were found in Death Valley... alive.

A new paper published in the January 2011 edition of GSA Today tells the story of the bacteria, which remained in a virtual "suspended animation" for millennia. "They're alive, but they're not using any energy to swim around, they're not reproducing," Brian Schubert, the bacteria's discoverer, told OurAmazingPlanet. "They're not doing anything at all except maintaining themselves."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/34000-year-old-life-found_n_809354.html

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O.o" wow!
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 11:58 PM
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1. I Know The Feeling.
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:15 AM
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7. Bwahahahahahaaaaaaa!
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:18 AM
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8. It's like my Aunt Margaret always told me...
"Don't ever get old."
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 12:22 AM
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2. Maybe Mrs. Goldstein will let me be a couch potato
Finally! I have proof!
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 12:28 AM
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3. "They're not doing anything at all except maintaining themselves." So they're middleclass Americans
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 12:51 AM
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4. Without the help of elected officials. Just like us!
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:08 AM
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5. X actly We R Bacteria. Totally anonymous and self sufficient.
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:11 AM
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6. I thought perhaps McCain had gotten himself lost
n/t
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:44 AM
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9. Hell, if I was 34,000 years old


I don't know that I'd be up for much procreatin' either :P



Nice story, thanks for sharing AsahinaKimi :hi:





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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:13 PM
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15. you are welcome!
dou itashimashite!
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 01:49 AM
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10. Sorry-I thought this was about Ronald Reagan...nt
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:03 AM
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11. Me too.
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AdHocSolver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 02:54 AM
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12. How did they determine the age of the bacteria, and that they were still "alive".
The original article says that the bacteria were encased in salt crystals. Not exactly easy to study very thoroughly. Just wondering.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:11 AM
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14. if they carry on metabolic function when transferred to a favorable environment then
well.. . there ya go.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:07 AM
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13. Meh.
I've got life forms in my fridge older than that.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:20 PM
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16. The World's Oldest living Organisms
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RushIsRot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-11 03:24 PM
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17. I'll bet they're thirsty.
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