Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · edit-210 months agoTHIS IS CETI ALPHA FI- oh wait...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down16
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minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoThey were just the last survivors of a ruined ecosystem, no one said they were viable long term
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoDon’t you think parasites would be the first to go when their hosts become scarce?
minus-squareDamagelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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
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