Biggest virus EVER found at the bottom of the sea

[Rocketman]

Damn ocean, you scary!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

You're the micro guy here, wouldn't the size of the virus hinder its choice of cells it can enter?

It would, but the way this thing replicates is creepy. It makes a little "trojan" cell full of its DNA which is swallowed up by an amoeba. The trojan cell then grows until the amoebal host cell bursts and then it repeats the cycle. The reason it's so big is because of all the DNA created while in the amoeba. Wow.

 

[Oddzball]

It has to be that big. Written in Basic instead of Machine language...

 

[Scourge2099]

It would, but the way this thing replicates is creepy. It makes a little "trojan" cell full of its DNA which is swallowed up by an amoeba. The trojan cell then grows until the amoebal host cell bursts and then it repeats the cycle. The reason it's so big is because of all the DNA created while in the amoeba. Wow.

Let's hope that virus doesn't adapt to human DNA.

 

[I'm Not a Hero]

How big is this virus exactly? Could you keep it as a pet?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

It's always possible

 

[SuperFerret]

Amoebas are pretty big cells though, aren't they? It seems like it'd take some extreme adaptions to have this thing affect humans.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Another interesting fact. The Black Death started began in 1346. In 2012, that will have been 666 years ago. Now we find a giant scary virus hidden in the abyssal depths of the sea.

Coincidence....














Most likely, yes.t:

You know we livin in our last days...

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

On a sorta related note, I sometimes think how irresponsible it was to land people on the Moon and then bring them back to Earth. It's just luck we didn't bring back some deadly Mooninite virus.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

On a sorta related note, I sometimes think how irresponsible it was to land people on the Moon and then bring them back to Earth. It's just luck we didn't bring back some deadly Mooninite virus.

Is that serious or you thinking of the spores changing John Jameson?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Amoebas are pretty big cells though, aren't they? It seems like it'd take some extreme adaptions to have this thing affect humans.

I know next to nothing about amoebas. Protozoans FTL. But the tiny trojan cell is small enough to be phagocytosed by organisms of all sizes. It's a brilliant invasion plan.

 

[Teelie]

Amoebas are the largest single-celled organisms we know of. They can be big enough to see without a microscope. So even though this is a very large virus it's odds of actually becoming weaponized against anything but amoebas are slim.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Amoebas are the largest single-celled organisms we know of. They can be big enough to see without a microscope. So even though this is a very large virus it's odds of actually becoming weaponized against anything but amoebas are slim.

TY for the knowledge

The size of this virus, while successful at scaring people, really doesn't make it any more virulent or dangerous.

 

[CJ]

It's like the movie Contagion.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

How so?

 

[WildcatNC]

Damn ocean, you scary!

This reference gets me almost every time. t:

 

[Dark Carnage]

There were some things man was never meant to tamper with, and I'm certain one of those things is a giant virus at the bottom of the ocean.

 

[SuperFerret]

It's like the movie Contagion.

How so?

Probably because it seems frightening at first glance, but will ultimately be disappointing.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Probably because it seems frightening at first glance, but will ultimately be disappointing.

I sure hope it to be disappointing

 

[CelticPredator]

Hey! Mac wants the Flamethrower!

 

[terry78]

Unda da sea
Unda da sea

Death to all life
There be no strife
Take it from me

 

[Spider-Aziz]

^I was thinking of Sebastian too

 

[ComicChick]

I smell virus propaganda films coming our way.

perfect time to film Dan Brown's novel Deception Point