Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by chubbard on Sunday July 15, 2012 @07:46PM
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"And humans, with their ability to thrive in basically any climactic zone, are the ultimate pest species." Oh I don't know cock roaches thrive really well in every zone too. And they carry countless diseases too, along with their redundant systems and all. Or how about rats? Also littered with pests themselves there isn't a place on this earth that hasn't been touched by rats.
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Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by jfb on Sunday July 15, 2012 @08:01PM
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Roaches and rats would never have spread as far as they have without humans carrying them along.
Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by FreeFull on Sunday July 15, 2012 @08:05PM
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How do cockroaches and rats cope with Antarctica?
Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by Dove on Sunday July 15, 2012 @11:24PM
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We don't cope with Antarctica all that well. Otherwise there would be a permanent population down there.
Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by jfb on Sunday July 15, 2012 @08:31PM
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They don't. The caloric expenditure required to survive in a desert like that is only available to humanity.
Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by Karunamon on Sunday July 15, 2012 @08:49PM
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And bears.. and penguins.. and lemmings..
Re:The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication
by chc on Monday July 16, 2012 @11:12AM
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You appear to have the Arctic and Antarctic confused. They're opposite ends of the world. There aren't any bears or lemmings in Antarctica at all. And there are penguins in the region, but they're amphibious rather than really being stuck on Antarctica.