How about plant bacteria or something, make some solar cells with them. I see potential! |
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Last edited by Bonsay; 01-16-2010 at 01:56 AM.
How about plant bacteria or something, make some solar cells with them. I see potential! |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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Awesome I couldn't tell from the article, did these evolve under man-made circumstances, or does it live somewhere naturally? |
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Last edited by ninja9578; 01-19-2010 at 12:59 AM.
that is pretty awesome...starts to show how arbitrary our categories are, still necessary though lol. |
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A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does
Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.
Wow, that's awesome. |
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I can see this characteristic being genetically engineered into human beings... |
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I want to see a video of this thing. I'm curious to see if it just floats along, or if it uses that big flat body to swim or something. |
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Wild--it sucks the organelles out of algae, but they think it keeps them supplied with chlorophyll from its own DNA. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
Have they positively shown that in tests? |
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It's the whole point of the article--other slugs absorb chlorophyll from algae, but the study suggests this one has incorporated algae DNA into its own genome to the point that it can synthesize all 16 proteins required to sustain photosynthesis. After one good meal, and with adequate sunlight, it can complete its year-long life cycle without ever eating again. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
Huh? I know that, my question was how. |
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There is only one possible way. Such complex and beautiful things, obviously can only come about by intelligent design. Nature doesn't make things like that. |
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Maybe we can split the difference and attribute it to half-wit design? |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
i kind of tripped out when i saw the little guy. i've had conversations with friends about being a mobile photosynthesizer |
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This is awesome! I've wondered before why this behaviour/adaptation hasn't made itself more prevalent. It seems pretty convenient to me. |
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It is a mystery...I know that bacteria have a tendency to pick up random fragments of DNA from the environment...I also know that the right strands of bacteria are used to genetically engineer plants. A form of natural genetic engineering, perhaps? Pure speculation, I haven't a clue... |
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Yes, it is true that animals and plants cannot randomly absorb DNA from the environment...what I had in mind was more of a symbiotic relationship. Perhaps a slug either began cooperating with a bacteria, or else was infected by it. I mean, if plant cells can be infected, why not animal cells? Just pure speculation, once again... |
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Actually, it's not at all uncommon. It happens a lot with endosymbionts and intracellular parasites. |
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That's exactly what I'm talking about; a sort of symbiosis between the plant/animal cells and some sort of virus/bacteria/parasite, etc. I never said that plant and animal cells weren't capable of being "infected," just that they don't have much of a tendency to pick up random scraps of DNA from the environment...usually a transfer vector is required. |
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