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You expect some enormous sea monster but all you got was some kind of immortal sea weed. Trees have this thing as well. Many tree organisms are 100 000 years ol
by john567 4y ago
You expect some enormous sea monster but all you got was some kind of immortal sea weed. Trees have this thing as well. Many tree organisms are 100 000 years old. There's also some kind of distinction between tree organisms and tree individuals. Tree individuals don't get to be that old.
- xiande04 4y agoI didn't expect a sea monster at all. Actually, I expected a fungus.
- emsy 4y agoHeadline said Australia, so I expected it to be deadly.
- sophacles 4y agoFungus is a pretty deadly kingdom overall, even the fungi from the rest of the continents too.
- V-2 4y agoMy thoughts went towards the coral reef, esp. with Australia in the headline.
- m463 4y agoI can't help but think discoverability for a fungus would be much lower.
- xiande04 4y agoAs opposed to a sea monster?
- andsoitis 4y ago> Many tree organisms are 100 000 years old. Fascinating list of longest-living organisms, including aerobic microorganisms that are in quasi-suspended animation and over 100 million years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms#List_of_longest-living_organisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organis...
- m463 4y ago> There's also some kind of distinction between tree organisms and tree individuals Now if the Ship of Theseus used wood from that tree organism... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus