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[john locke]

now that is spooky!! and I agree with you red walrus at least there is a DIRECT link to whales and extremophiles, even if it is onlya touch! as far as Ive seen theres no link at all to whales in any other way and the tagruato site mentions extremophiles specifically and gene research on the site! so they could be studying them on the whale carcasses as that was mentioned regarding other scientists studying them. Didnt you laugh at the "godzilla" reference though?

[Red Walrus]

[Mikeyj]

[Melampus]

[Red Walrus]

[smartmart]

[Red Walrus]

Keeping in mind the writers of 1-18-08 are using "movie Science" do you think it's possible that the extremophiles mentioned at YMR are the DSI?

[rhesusmonkeyboy]

As an aside

[Him Who is He]

Good chance of it.....and maybe there really unstable or somethin and thats why they always have to be frozen....perhaps?

[Dr. Awkward]

What if they didn't become unstable - but, perhaps, passively active in a
more sub-tropical climate...say 98.6 degrees.

Walrus, aren't their (extremophiles) properties in alignment with them
coming "alive" after they are thawed...

[Him Who is He]

^^^The Dr. is in^^^


Good afternoon Doc Awk

[smartmart]

Many harsh environement bacteria change to a dormant form until the favorable condition come back. We know that the deep see drilling stations are close/related to underwater fault lines environment. Life is sustained in this environment by hydrothermal vents that provide minerals and heat, lots of heat. So if an extremophile is active only at high temp, freezing it could trigger dormancy or sporulation. This mechanism in real life would be very plausible since deep sea water tends to be extremely cold as soon as your are not in the vincinity of hydrothermal vent. In the case of lost of the source of heat, the bacteria would enter dormancy and drift about until it came haphazardely close to a new heat source (ie hydrothermal vent). So... DSI is probably the sporulant/dormant form of a bacteria that is kept dormant by extreme cold. When exposed to heat, cellular mechanism are awakened, reviving the bacteria.

[Melampus]

So, when warmed... Slusho comes to life!!!

And, we know, from the new "Distribution" page on Slusho, that it's got to be kept cold throughout shipping, storage, and service. Therefore, according to their design, the unavoidably first point of warming would be: consumption.

[smartmart]

Sure. But the warmth of a mouth is nothing compared to the near boiling heat of the water around a hydrothermal vents. Of course, there is a gradient of temperature related to the distance of the said vents: farther = colder. Anyway, I think we got the picture right and that JJA won't go any further in the " Cell biology" drawer. Maybe the Jaimie urinary tract infection is linked to exposure to this strain of bacteria. And that reveals us that, waste water could carry the chemical signal that guide our "to be discovered" monster to its feeding ground. If you followed my other posts, I strongly believe that the monster feeds on animals that have ingested the DSN. Tagruato disrupted its feeding habits and now we are the prey since we ingested DSN ans smell accordingly.

[Matt Dark]

Not to mention the heat produced by friction from the drills against the seabed.