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Re: are we alone? (slime molds and other primitive life included)
JJSwaim wrote:
>
> Yes. I am interested. I don't have info on the photos to which you
> refer but I am terribly intrigued by : Slime molds - the most
> interesting creatures alive. As I understand it, they interchange
> between the plant kingdom and animal kingdom. That is, they start out
> as a plant go through the entire metamorphosis, then pick up stakes and
> crawl along with what would be considered 'animal' charactistics i.e.,
> motion, undergo metamorphosis and plant themselves again. This almost
> seems progressive rather than primitive. They are an interesting link.
> Does anyone have specific info about them? They do exist on Earth and
> if, Calvin, you are saying that they have been discovered on Europa that
> would indeed be a breakthrough.
>
> Best regards, jj
I didn't mean to leave the impression that slime molds had been
discovered on Europa (oops!), though they are an interesting sort of
life- I mentioned them in the subject to make it clear I wasn't talking
about flying saucers. The recent photos don't show life has been
discovered, rather they lend supporting evidence that Europa has had
liquid water and might support an ocean under a crust.
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