New Zealands's Mysterious Sponge-like Creature

Kryptonomic writes: "New Zealand's marine experts are puzzled by the parasitic sponge-like animal that could threaten NZ's aquaculture industry. Apparently the animal, which so far has not been identified, kills all other sealife by embedding itself on the victim and slowly feeding on it. The parasite also reproduces asexually and could end up dominating the ecological niche it occupies."

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Fungus

[Perdo]

This is the fungus that was growing on the OUTSIDE of mir when it hit the ocean in that region. Imagine the mutation rate of a fungus in a hard radiation enviroment. Fast enough mutation to become an extremephile living on the outside of MIR. Extreme enough to survive reentery? Shure...