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I dunno about you but I think myoviruses look creepy as shit. https://i.pinimg.com/236x/cb/e0/59/cbe0591ea18e0afa4686bd3f4f17ddae--biotechnology-virus.jpg http

• mncharity 9y ago
  Creepy? The flailing sticky legs that glom on to you? The teeth that punch a hole in your side? The high-pressure vessel driving high-speed injection? Which only gets the DNA string half way in, so it squirms the rest of the way in, ratcheting as molecules attach and begin transcribing your corruption? The minute from bite, to being doomed? As you frolick in the summer waves, every cup of seawater is war zone, filled with massive and deadly warfare between bacteria and viruses. Ten billion combatants. Bacteria shedding extracellular vesicles like anti-missile flares. Mass dumping of chemical weapons. Suicidal sacrifices. Exploding victims. 2 day bacterial survival - 50%. And most, they haven't been cultured, haven't been sequenced - we haven't even given them names.