Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · edit-21 year agoTHIS IS CETI ALPHA FI- oh wait...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down16
arrow-up1113arrow-down1imageTHIS IS CETI ALPHA FI- oh wait...lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoNever understood how the life cycle of these things is supposed to work, when they need a host to develop and there’s nothing else left on the planet
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThey were just the last survivors of a ruined ecosystem, no one said they were viable long term
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoDon’t you think parasites would be the first to go when their hosts become scarce?
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt really depends. Some organisms can hibernate or go dormant some other way, they may just be very resilient. Bacteria can turn into endospores, aren’t they akin to parasites?
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s true, maybe they were in a kind of stasis like tardigrades and would never have woken up if not for Khan’s disturbance
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYes, with joining me in speculation :D
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI think they’re probably made of rich Corinthian leather.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agointeresting, let’s look at Paul Allen’s Space Worm
Never understood how the life cycle of these things is supposed to work, when they need a host to develop and there’s nothing else left on the planet
They were just the last survivors of a ruined ecosystem, no one said they were viable long term
Don’t you think parasites would be the first to go when their hosts become scarce?
It really depends. Some organisms can hibernate or go dormant some other way, they may just be very resilient. Bacteria can turn into endospores, aren’t they akin to parasites?
That’s true, maybe they were in a kind of stasis like tardigrades and would never have woken up if not for Khan’s disturbance
You task me…
Yes, with joining me in speculation :D
I think they’re probably made of rich Corinthian leather.
interesting, let’s look at Paul Allen’s Space Worm