'Alien Slime' Discovered In Deep Australian Caves

[marcus300]

pictures = http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013...ncid=webmail11



A strange green slime discovered by researchers in Australia has been claimed to represent an "unknown" form of life.

The 'curtains' of green matter have been found deep beneath water-filled underground caves in the country's Nullarbor Plain.

The biological material - nicknamed 'Alien Slime' - is extremely unusual and unlike anything found elsewhere on the planet, the team said.

The researchers from Macquarie University said in their report, published this week in the International Society For Microbial Ecology journal, that the slimes thrive in total dark, independent of the Sun.

"Earlier studies on the community suggested that there was an unusual chemistry going on in the caves, but we didn't know how the microbes were making a living in the cave environment," said lead scientist Professor Ian Paulsen.

Investigations showed that a dominant group of organisms - Thaumarchaeota - were effectively in control, and might have marine origins.

It is supposed the cave was regularly flooded by sea water, and that the Thaumarchaeota evolved during periods of isolation.

"It just goes to show that life in the dark recesses of the planet comes in many strange forms, many of which are still unknown," Paulsen said.

[Armykid93]

Pretty sweet. Your on a role worth the articles lately

[Times Roman]

so now we now the secret ingredient used by McDonalds!

[RaginCajun]

so now we now the secret ingredient used by McDonalds!

or in marcus's protein shakes!

[diesel101]

I wonder if it is injectable?

[jasc]

[marcus300]

or in marcus's protein shakes!

Thats the secret, dont tell anyone

[Knockout_Power]

A new update just got released...

... Next to the green slime was found a box of tissues, some lotion and an iPad with nude photos of busty alien chicks

[Flagg]

Water is the key element to life, not sunlight as people would think. This 'slime' as the report calls it may be a new form of Extremophile discovered.

[Armykid93]

A new update just got released...

Haha!

[bigZthedestroyer]

Haha! It does exist!

[marcus300]

Water is the key element to life, not sunlight as people would think. This 'slime' as the report calls it may be a new form of Extremophile discovered.

explain more please Flagg?

[BUTTERYGOODNESS]

explain more please Flagg?

Now my interest has peaked even more...

[bdos]

Um can i get my ipad and lotion back?

[Flagg]

explain more please Flagg?

Extremophiles are organisms that can live in extreme environments that nothing else on earth could survive in, such as in acid baths, saline lakes, high and low pH environments, places where no light can reach, or extreme pressure and heat such as underwater volcanoes.

For a long time it was thought that the only way life could exist is if there was water and sunlight present, as plants require sunlight for energy to produce oxygen which we need, and we produce CO2 which they need.

However there are some extremophiles that dont even need sunlight or oxygen, they use sulphur that leak up from cracks in ocean beds instead of sunlight as an energy source:


They dont need a photosynthetic cycle like animals and plants do. Just a chemical reaction, such as hydrogen sulphide.

It proved that life could theoretically exist anywhere in the universe, providing water was present. It's why it might not be surprising if off world extremophiles were discovered on places like Mars or Jupitors moons.

EDIT: It's quite likely that extremophiles were amongst the first forms of life on this planet.

[marcus300]

Flagg, your a volume of information my friend. That's why I posted this news event because I knew it was right up your street. Thanks for explaining that, very interesting indeed.

[canesfan804]

Hmmmm wonder if this is what ate the guy in Tampa while he slept last week? Maybe it came here on the spaceships that landed in Russia a couple weeks ago?

[Flagg]

Flagg, your a volume of information my friend. That's why I posted this news event because I knew it was right up your street. Thanks for explaining that, very interesting indeed.

While this might be scientific/nerdy interesting for some, like me, there might be benefits to this like being able to grow biofuels in places not thought possible.

[Knockout_Power]

Um can i get my ipad and lotion back?

Might want to get that goo thing checked out... You drinking too much mountain dew?

[Knockout_Power]

I hope it turns out to be something tht messes with science... I hate that we eem to think we have it all figured out

[bdos]

Might want to get that goo thing checked out... You drinking too much mountain dew?

I hate that stuff lol its love juice from drop bears

[Knockout_Power]

Is this slime the reason Aussie women are so freakin hot?

[Flagg]

Is this slime the reason Aussie women are so freakin hot?

Hot aussie women are grown from something found nowhere else on earth, that is for sure. Hopefully not from slime.

[RaginCajun]

While this might be scientific/nerdy interesting for some, like me, there might be benefits to this like being able to grow biofuels in places not thought possible.

this is what i was thinking about when you posted above.

i know they are already producing energy from algae and what not, wonder what the nerds can figure out with the 'slime'

[Flagg]

this is what i was thinking about when you posted above.

i know they are already producing energy from algae and what not, wonder what the nerds can figure out with the 'slime'

The slime could be the saviour of mankind!

[ironbeck]

While this might be scientific/nerdy interesting for some, like me, there might be benefits to this like being able to grow biofuels in places not thought possible.

I love this shit