Interesting
Entirely new form of life possibly found off New Zealand coast
https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/entirely-new-form-of-life-possibly-found-off-new-zealand-coast/news-story/c991897ceb227eb3f8f5d960711d157e
A team of marine scientists discovered nearly 100 potential new species, including an “unidentified life form.”
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But is it really life but not as we know it?
Will read later.
The Rev Dodgson said:
But is it really life but not as we know it?Will read later.
QI
I think this sums it up quite well:
““Finding new vertebrates is rare. There’s hundreds of thousands of invertebrates in the sea that we still don’t know. Vertebrates, we like to think that we know what’s out there, but the reality is, we just don’t,” he added.
The vast majority of the ocean remains unexplored: Of the 2.2 million species believed to exist in its watery depths, only about 240,000 have been noted by scientists, per Ocean Census.”
So not “not life as we know it” but unknown parts of life as we don’t know it very well.
The Rev Dodgson said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Clickbait made me hope it was more exciting than it actually was.But is it really life but not as we know it?QIWill read later.
I think this sums it up quite
So not “not life as we know it” but unknown parts of life as we don’t know it very well.
This is an absurdly overblown headline.
dv said:
This is an absurdly overblown headline.
Are they saying that deep sea coral is the new lireform?
dv said:
This is an absurdly overblown headline.
Such is the way of headlines.
But I thought the actual article was well written.
Tau.Neutrino said:
dv said:
This is an absurdly overblown headline.
Are they saying that deep sea coral is the new lireform?
They are just saying that among the new species of coral they discovered, there’s one they haven’t categorised yet: it might be the first known member of a newly discovered family.
“Entirely new form of life”
“entirely novel life form”
It’s an interesting new coral, keep your pants on.