Comments on: Hot Pink Beasties of the Deep http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: danlalan http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612707 danlalan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612707 Try searching for "extremophiles", I think you'll find what you're looking for. Try searching for “extremophiles”, I think you’ll find what you’re looking for.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612453 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612453 <blockquote>Quick, what's pink and thrives on hydrocarbons?</blockquote>Ooh, I AM! I AM! PICK ME, MONTY! These remind me of the feathered worms from the Burgess Shale.

Quick, what’s pink and thrives on hydrocarbons?

Ooh, I AM! I AM! PICK ME, MONTY!

These remind me of the feathered worms from the Burgess Shale.

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-613745 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613745 Anon, I almost turned that into a joke about oil company executives. Anon, I almost turned that into a joke about oil company executives.

]]> By: Orpheus84 http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-613247 Orpheus84 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-613247 I don't think these worms count as living outside of solar energy, unless you're a proponent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil_theory#Abiogenesis">abiogenesis.</a> I do think that the worms are cool though. There's got to be some sort of pollution control application for the farming of these things. I don’t think these worms count as living outside of solar energy, unless you’re a proponent of
abiogenesis.

I do think that the worms are cool though. There’s got to be some sort of pollution control application for the farming of these things.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612232 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612232 The first time that I heard of methane ice worms was in the context of making them a fuel. See http://alternative2energy.com/worms/index.htm The first time that I heard of methane ice worms was in the context of making them a fuel. See http://alternative2energy.com/worms/index.htm

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612249 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612249 Methane ice worms: the latest intergalactic scourge or best punk band name ever? Maggie, thanks for the awesome post. Methane ice worms: the latest intergalactic scourge or best punk band name ever?

Maggie, thanks for the awesome post.

]]> By: gabu http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612271 gabu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612271 Hot pink beasties of the deep?? This, my friend, is an outrage!! http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/attachments/17707d1226747852-the-mighty-boosh-tonyharrison.gif Hot pink beasties of the deep?? This, my friend, is an outrage!! http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/attachments/17707d1226747852-the-mighty-boosh-tonyharrison.gif

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612295 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612295 The methane/water shell may not be tasty, but what about the worms themselves? I betcha if Bobby Flay dusted them in chipotle powder, grilled 'em up and served 'em with mango salsa, they'd be nummy. The methane/water shell may not be tasty, but what about the worms themselves? I betcha if Bobby Flay dusted them in chipotle powder, grilled ‘em up and served ‘em with mango salsa, they’d be nummy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-620754 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-620754 The first I heard of these worms was just a few weeks ago, in Frank Schätzing's great novel "The Swarm". I was impressed by his level of research, and also to learn the creatures that kept me company throughout the reading are real, and just as I thought they looked! Find a link to his (pretty awesome) book here: http://www.amazon.com/Swarm-Novel-Frank-Schatzing/dp/0060813261 (Translation and editing aside...) The first I heard of these worms was just a few weeks ago, in Frank Schätzing’s great novel “The Swarm”. I was impressed by his level of research, and also to learn the creatures that kept me company throughout the reading are real, and just as I thought they looked! Find a link to his (pretty awesome) book here:
http://www.amazon.com/Swarm-Novel-Frank-Schatzing/dp/0060813261
(Translation and editing aside…)

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612314 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612314 These are gonna be the new sea monkeys, just watch. I wonder if anyone is gonna be able to get them to thrive in a lab enviro. frickin' awesome. These are gonna be the new sea monkeys, just watch. I wonder if anyone is gonna be able to get them to thrive in a lab enviro. frickin’ awesome.

]]> By: redsquares http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612332 redsquares Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612332 dculberson: If GWAR is any indication, I'd say both intergalactic scourge AND punk band dculberson:
If GWAR is any indication, I’d say both intergalactic scourge AND punk band

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612341 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612341 JoshP: if you want a worm that looks very similar, just go to your local aquarium shop and pick up a piece of Saltwater live rock. Plunk that in some saltwater and wait for the bristle worms to show themselves. Sure, they don't live on methyl hydrate and crude oil, but they look just as creepy. JoshP: if you want a worm that looks very similar, just go to your local aquarium shop and pick up a piece of Saltwater live rock. Plunk that in some saltwater and wait for the bristle worms to show themselves. Sure, they don’t live on methyl hydrate and crude oil, but they look just as creepy.

]]> By: glib909 http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612344 glib909 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612344 Suddenly I have a craving for methane ice worm scampi. Suddenly I have a craving for methane ice worm scampi.

]]> By: glittertrash http://boingboing.net/2009/10/14/we-arent-getting-thr.html#comment-612604 glittertrash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-612604 So do these count amongst those life forms that exist outside of the solar energy -> photosynthesis food web that most of us belong to? I am SO interested in reading more about the biology of that entire category of life, especially the food chains involved, I have tried a few different Google searches but I am not a biologist, and haven't come up with a good search string yet ("non-photosynthetic life" doesn't return a great deal). In my non-biologist, science-fiction-prone brain, life forms that do not participate in a photosynthetic food web are both the aliens among us, and evidence for the plausibility of non-terrestrial life. Deep ocean vent bacterial colonies: also extremely exciting. So I'd be very keen to see more articles or links to more research in this field! So do these count amongst those life forms that exist outside of the solar energy -> photosynthesis food web that most of us belong to? I am SO interested in reading more about the biology of that entire category of life, especially the food chains involved, I have tried a few different Google searches but I am not a biologist, and haven’t come up with a good search string yet (“non-photosynthetic life” doesn’t return a great deal). In my non-biologist, science-fiction-prone brain, life forms that do not participate in a photosynthetic food web are both the aliens among us, and evidence for the plausibility of non-terrestrial life. Deep ocean vent bacterial colonies: also extremely exciting. So I’d be very keen to see more articles or links to more research in this field!

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