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Rock-eating fungi flourish deep below our feet

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Rock-eating fungi flourish deep below our feet

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Meww@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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  • bagsy@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    This right here is proof life that will go on, no matter what stupid things humans do to ruin their environment. You would need to melt the entire earth to rid it of all life, and even then I’m not 100% sure every organism would perish.

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    That equals roughly 250 fungal cells in a single drop—or more than 12 trillion cells in an Olympic-sized pool.

    That’s a “half a gitaffe” moment right there.

    • LongLive@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      half a giraffe? what is this reference?

      • plc@feddit.dk
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        11 hours ago

        It’s a few years ago now.

        https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/36593/20220314/asteroid-half-size-giraffe-hits-iceland-2-hours-astronomers-spotted.htm

        https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/adelaide-afternoons/half-a-giraffe/13800376

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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        19 hours ago

        Like in American News they compare everything to something else. The common refrain being we will use anything but the metric system(which I kinda call bullshit on because every science class is taught in metric).

        I think the irl example was "this asteroid is 12 & 1/2 giraffes wide…* Or something along those lines.

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    They look like big, good, strong hands, don’t they?

    • The fungi having an existential crisis.

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