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Subject: Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally.
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 22:54:38 +0100
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:34:54 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/2/17, 5:19 PM, in article op.yx3e7csgjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:02:46 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/2/17, 5:00 PM, in article op.yx3ebhaijs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:35:32 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/2/17, 4:27 PM, in article op.yx3cr2i8js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I wish it were that simple. Tardigrades may offer a clue. Look them up.
>>>>>>> They are
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170326.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't look real.  It looks like a full vacuum cleaner bag.  The
>>>>>> mouth
>>>>>> looks plastic, and not animal-like at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> They are real... but very tiny. :)
>>>>
>>>> 1mm.  So visible.  Yuck!
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>> Imagine if it bred with a tarantula.
>
> I love tarantulas. Went to a summer camp once where we ended up in the
> migration path of them...  THOUSANDS crossed the camp. Maybe millions.
> Seriously, it was hard to NOT step on them for a day or two.
>
> Right now I live in a place where we see them from time to time but nothing
> like that.

Normal folk don't like things with twice as many limbs as themselves.

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