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Remids me metal based life forms[0] - mind-blowing. [0] https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20906-life-like-cells-are-made-of-metal/ https://www.newscientis

• Razengan 8y ago
  I wonder if the first extraterrestrial lifeforms we discover will be anything like we expect.
• _cereal 8y ago
  This reminds me about the Scaly-foot gastropod[1] mollusc which "possesses a trilayered structure comprised of a mineralized iron sulfide–based outer layer (OL) containing greigite..."[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_gastropod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_gastropod [2] http://www.pnas.org/content/107/3/987 http://www.pnas.org/content/107/3/987
• SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
  That article is from 2011, I wonder how much of it any continued to be developed?