New Organism Caught in the Act of Kidnapping Plan

[nosmokes]

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New Organism Caught in the Act of Kidnapping Plan

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WASHINGTON - A one-celled creature found on a sandy beach may be in the process of kidnapping and incorporating an even tinier plant to use as a living energy source, Japanese researchers reported on Thursday.

They said the newly discovered organism seems to be in the process of endosymbiosis -- in which one creature incorporates another, creating a new form of life.

Scientists believe this is how many modern plants and animals evolved. They believe the chloroplasts, the green solar power factories inside plants, were originally separate organisms.
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Story Date: 14/10/2005
© Reuters News Service 2005

[FVZA_Colonel]

1. Not just chloroplasts, but Mitochondria as well.

Very interesting, I really hope this is pursued more.

[electricray]

2. Uh oh, fundies. This looks bad for intelligent design.

To the bible-mobile!!

[nosmokes]

3. hee!

bible mobile! almost spit my soda all over my key board. thanks for the yuks!

[FVZA_Colonel]

5. If we could get one of the artists here to draw up a "bible-mobile,"

that would be bloody great.

[radfringe]

8. they'll just twist it

to say that the one-celled organisim is too complicated to have been created at random in the first place

[LynnTheDem]

4. I thought that was "new ORGASM" caught kidnapping.

Was thinking "OOOH! OOOH! PICK ME! PICK ME!"

:rofl:

[file83]

6. Are we sure this isn't "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

Sounds a lot like it. Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy.

[expatriot]

7. Humans refer to endosymbiosis in their own lives as "marriage."

My wife incorporated me - creating a new form of life - known as an "us."

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Actually, no. We call it "hers."

[Igel]

10. What? You mean they're not synonyms?

Doesn't "ours" simply mean "hers", when said by a married male?

[frogmarch]

11. What a fascinating

article! Thanks for posting it.

I googled "endosymbiosis" and found this page, which I thought was excellent.

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/E/Endosymbiosis.html

I love stuff like this. Thanks again for posting the article.

[bananas]

12. Carl Sagan's first wife is known for this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Margulis

[frogmarch]

13. Thanks, bananas

I had no idea Carl Sagan's first wife introduced the endosymbiotic theory. I would like to learn more about it. Through the years, I've only skimmed over the surface.

The Portuguese man-of-war is a great example of symbiogenesis:

http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/bluebottle.htm