Ya know, these supposed “Viruses” and such are not ACTUALLY viruses. They are the Earth’s ANTIVIRUS, and they came about in an attempt to RID the Earth of the violent and deadly Virus “Human”.
There’s a sequence in “The Andromeda Strain” (both the book and the movie) where they’re using a series of different filters to figure out how big the pathogen is. After the smallest filters fail to allow it to pass from one lab mouse to another, they conclude it’s too big to be a virus or a chemical toxin, and as they start getting to the high end of the “bacterial” range and the second mouse still hasn’t got sick, one of the scientists says something like “hey, this thing is big; I’m gonna get me a flyswatter!”
What they don’t understand that the new parasite can cause oysters to grow to unbelievable size over time. So you get giant oysters full of green, spiky parasites. They start out small, each of those spikes are seeds of them.
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
so A+ instead of F-?
pschearer Premium Member about 6 years ago
And a good thing too, ’cause can you imagine the vaccination?
chris_weaver about 6 years ago
Instead of a vaccine, you need a whip and a chair!
pcolli about 6 years ago
But it can devour us from the outside.
Chief Inspector about 6 years ago
yeah, then there would be the anti whip and chair people to contend with
dadoctah about 6 years ago
Reminds me of when physicists were looking for the one quark they hadn’t yet found. Someone suggested that it would be about the size of a canned ham.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member about 6 years ago
Damn. That pathogen reminds me of my sister-in-law’s zucchini bread. :)
gorbasche2 about 6 years ago
Ya know, these supposed “Viruses” and such are not ACTUALLY viruses. They are the Earth’s ANTIVIRUS, and they came about in an attempt to RID the Earth of the violent and deadly Virus “Human”.
Bill The Nuke about 6 years ago
It’s working on getting you into it’s system…it’s digestive system.
dadoctah about 6 years ago
There’s a sequence in “The Andromeda Strain” (both the book and the movie) where they’re using a series of different filters to figure out how big the pathogen is. After the smallest filters fail to allow it to pass from one lab mouse to another, they conclude it’s too big to be a virus or a chemical toxin, and as they start getting to the high end of the “bacterial” range and the second mouse still hasn’t got sick, one of the scientists says something like “hey, this thing is big; I’m gonna get me a flyswatter!”
Bob. about 6 years ago
It will probably regenerate from every little chunk you cut off.
Bex Premium Member about 6 years ago
Why is she touching it with her bare hands! Eeew!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
What they don’t understand that the new parasite can cause oysters to grow to unbelievable size over time. So you get giant oysters full of green, spiky parasites. They start out small, each of those spikes are seeds of them.
OldManMontgomery about 6 years ago
Panthers, Jaguars and Leopards are too big to get into our systems, too. That really isn’t so comforting.