Post by: Barry Hufker on October 01, 2007, 11:50:11 AM
There are amoebas that enter your nose and eat your brain until you die.
That could be bad!
Barry
Post by: maxdimario on October 01, 2007, 12:38:23 PM
Post by: RSettee on October 01, 2007, 01:26:02 PM
Post by: Jon Hodgson on October 01, 2007, 01:29:19 PM
| RSettee wrote on Mon, 01 October 2007 18:26 |
Yeah, i'd read that earlier today on Yahoo news. That's terrible. I think that it stands to reason that if we're adapting to our surroundings to be more effective in surviving and creating new chemical formulas and better ways to live, that viruses do the same. With all the new ecosystems and environments that are introduced to each other and all the importing/ exporting (think: the monkey in the movie Outbreak, or that guy that found a Black Widow spider in his bunch of grapes), it's tough to ascertain where and why these viruses came from. |
It's not a virus, it's an amoeba, a single celled creature. Unfortunately for us it just happens to find human brains tasty, and likes warm water... as do we.
It's not new either, been around for a while, though from 1995 to 2004 there were only 23 recorded cases,
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/factsht_na egleria.htm
Post by: Fibes on October 01, 2007, 02:03:53 PM
Nothing like Aylmer!
Post by: Berolzheimer on October 01, 2007, 02:25:26 PM
Post by: mgod on October 01, 2007, 03:54:53 PM
And so is evolution.
DS
Post by: amorris on October 01, 2007, 04:13:50 PM
Post by: RSettee on October 02, 2007, 01:21:42 PM
| Jon Hodgson wrote on Mon, 01 October 2007 12:29 | ||
It's not a virus, it's an amoeba, a single celled creature. Unfortunately for us it just happens to find human brains tasty, and likes warm water... as do we. It's not new either, been around for a while, though from 1995 to 2004 there were only 23 recorded cases, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/factsht_na egleria.htm |
Right, but I was comparing it to a virus or anything else that thrives on the destruction of it's surroundings to live.
Post by: CCC on October 02, 2007, 01:43:22 PM
| mgod wrote on Mon, 01 October 2007 15:54 |
Someone is going to say this is a conspiracy theory of the lunatic fringe. And so is evolution. DS |
Someone here is awfully sensitive. Methinks thee doth protest too much.
And I wouldn't confuse the tripe that gets posted here with well accepted science like evolution, bro.
Post by: mgod on October 02, 2007, 01:53:41 PM
My daughter came home yesterday ranting about these amoebas, since her school does camping trips in the Havasu area.
DS
Post by: Fibes on October 02, 2007, 02:52:25 PM
BTW- I always find it odd when they say shark attacks are up when in reality they are statistically down when compared to the number of swimmers in the water.
That doesn't mean the single celled organisms aren't starting a turf war.
Post by: Tomas Danko on October 02, 2007, 03:02:49 PM
That would really scare me!
Post by: RSettee on October 02, 2007, 04:15:20 PM
| mgod wrote on Tue, 02 October 2007 12:53 |
Methinks someone here thinks all is about him. |
Who?
Post by: Careful Collapse on October 02, 2007, 06:53:45 PM
Post by: max cooper on October 02, 2007, 10:49:37 PM
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/090707kvuelbjpam-bm.a fef9717.html
Post by: Steve Hudson on October 03, 2007, 03:56:29 PM
Hook 'em, Horns.