fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoThe virus she told you not to worry about.mander.xyzimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down13
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minus-squareklemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoYeah but viruses are obligate intracellular parasites - they can’t survive for long outside of a host cell and have to reproduce using the machinery of a host cell. I’m curious what this virus is parasitizing.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 days agoDepends on the virus. Some of the hepatitis viruses can live for months outside of a host.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAnd many bacteria can live for years in hard vacuum. That doesn’t tell us anything about the environment they need to live though.
minus-square8uurg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThe differences between surviving, living and thriving can be pretty big.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoEspecially seeing we haven’t even made up our minds on whether they’re ever alive to begin with.
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoProbably your mom, the whale.
Yeah but viruses are obligate intracellular parasites - they can’t survive for long outside of a host cell and have to reproduce using the machinery of a host cell. I’m curious what this virus is parasitizing.
Depends on the virus. Some of the hepatitis viruses can live for months outside of a host.
And many bacteria can live for years in hard vacuum. That doesn’t tell us anything about the environment they need to live though.
The differences between surviving, living and thriving can be pretty big.
Especially seeing we haven’t even made up our minds on whether they’re ever alive to begin with.
Probably your mom, the whale.