Topic: Otherworldly worms with three sexes discovered in Mono Lake

+Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT — 6.7 years ago #54,136

Caltech scientists have discovered a new species of worm thriving in the extreme environment of Mono Lake. This new species, temporarily dubbed Auanema sp., has three different sexes, can survive 500 times the lethal human dose of arsenic, and carries its young inside its body like a kangaroo.

Mono Lake, located in the Eastern Sierras of California, is three times as salty as the ocean and has an alkaline pH of 10. Before this study, only two other species (other than bacteria and algae) were known to live in the lake—brine shrimp and diving flies. In this new work, the team discovered eight more species, all belonging to a class of microscopic worms called nematodes, thriving in and around Mono Lake.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-09-otherworldly-worms-sexes-mono-lake.html

·Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT (OP) — 6.7 years ago, 20 hours later[T] [B] #572,992

So, any thoughts on this?

+Anonymous B — 6.7 years ago, 3 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[T] [B] #573,007

@previous (Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT)

alright, what if......they shoved those worms down their ass-holes

·Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT (OP) — 6.7 years ago, 2 days later, 3 days after the original post[T] [B] #573,389

@previous (B)

Not sure. Can you run this experiment?

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