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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Dammit, it's just tube worms. Cool, but not "something beyond imagination".

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

Thanks for explaining what it was. God, I hate clickbait titles.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's more of life based of a completely different energy source being discovered

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chemosynthetic ecosystems in the ocean are not a new discovery. The publication referenced in the article is about a new system for conducting experiments on them.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

that's fair

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Woah. My great great great great great great great great great great great ancestors were tubes too!

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

I hate this click bait title.

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Bag labeled "something beyond imagination"

I open it up.

Inside: tube worms

I don't know what I expected