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Complex Life Found Under 600 Feet of Antarctic Ice

Posted by timothy on from the planted-by-von-braun-in-1967 dept.

Chroniton writes "NASA ice scientists have found a shrimp-like creature and a possible jellyfish 'frolicking' beneath 600 feet of solid Antarctic ice, where only microbes were expected to live. The odds of finding two complex lifeforms after drilling only an 8-inch-wide hole suggests there may be much more. And if such life is possible beneath Earth's oceans, why not elsewhere, like Europa?"

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  1. I doubt this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A more likely explanation is that the samples were contaminated by the instruments. If we look in the Bible there is no mention that God made this lifeform, therefore the most logical explanation is contamination.

    Sorry to burst your bubble.

  2. Re:There is a misspelling... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Funny

    The amphipod is actually a Lysianassid, not a Lyssianasid, if someone tries to google it :)

    You know, you'd get a lot more points in Scrabble if you'd just learn to shut your yap!

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