June 01, 2006

We are not alone 18 year old kid discovers eight new species in a cave deep under Israel.
posted by es el Queso 17 years ago
  • Untouched for millions of years, a self-sustaining eco-system...' I wonder how introducing a bunch of cave-happy scientists will affect things...
  • Reminds me of that furry lobster from a while back, sans the overcoat.
  • Good and obvious point, Nickdanger, so freakin' obvious that it never occurred to me when I read of this story earlier today. I wonder where my head is.
  • The end of the lie for that place, I guess, after they fall prey to the newly introduced microbes and such. Meh. I expected some fantastic creatures like those fossils found in another ancient cave, the name of which escapes me now...
  • I wonder how introducing a bunch of cave-happy scientists will affect things... That's what came to my mind when I read the article as well. Also, although the creatures are blind, seeing the photo made me feel that they were being overloaded with light rather suddenly.
  • *of the line* And google thriumps again: Burgess' Shale was what I was thinking of.
  • Yep, here comes the Homo Stompians with big boots...
  • YeEEEHAawwww!! *Blam!* *Blam!* Tie 'er up and see if'n kin extract th' oil out uf 'er! Oy.
  • Brillaint find. What a cool article. Look, we all know that teenage kids are gonna pee in an underground lake like that, so the scientists were already late.
  • Not too many posts here in your thread, Senor Queso, but I sure got lots of mileage with this post in various conversations over the weekend. Thankx
  • i do it for the children, GramMa, no thanks needed....