• @pacology
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    1311 months ago

    If we want to believe the evil alien theory, viruses might actually fit the bill better than plants, with fungi as a possible unlikely second.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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      611 months ago

      There is one type of virus that you can not convince me isn’t some kind of mechanical device. Other viruses and bacteria look organic; but bacteriophage look straight up like man-made robots.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 months ago

        I just looked up some images out of curiosity and you aren’t lying. It looks like a little spider/robot/drone thing with the sole purpose of injecting it’s syringe full of DNA into things. Thanks for the rabbit hole.

      • @isles
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        111 months ago

        If it makes you feel better, we descend from fungi.