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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by eru on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:07AM (#34365505)
Yes, I know. That's why I wrote

>> Up until last year nobody had thought to see whether anything eats viruses! Turns out some do.

> Nah, lots of things eat viruses. It's nothing unusual at all. You eat viruses, I eat viruses. They are everywhere, after all.

> The novel finding was a critter that lives / can live solely on viruses.

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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by moloch-hai on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:30AM (#34366414)
You wrote it, but it was what we all understood already, making writing it nothing but an exercise in snark.
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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by eru on Friday January 13, 2023 @07:23AM (#34366774)
Not sure.

Eg creatures that eat plastic are still news, even if plastic is not their sole diet.

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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by moloch-hai on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:46AM (#34367563)
Yet, you are eating plastic every day.
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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by eru on Saturday January 14, 2023 @02:15AM (#34378024)
Yes, but not digesting it.
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