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Zoe Rath's avatar

the pics are very cool!

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Yes, amazing creatures... I hope you followed the link to the Smithsonian page -- mindblowing!

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no one's avatar

re: gaia theory. maybe not just life ON earth, but the earth from core to thermosphere.

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Always loved James Lovelock. And maybe life in the whole universe.

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rohn bayes's avatar

"Maybe all life on earth is one big colonial organism, a siphonophore. We just haven’t learned yet how to work together as one… " good point / i suspect that is exactly right / one of my favorite books 'Universe in Creation' argues that the universe was designed from inception to bring forth life / that would make the whole universe one big colonial organism

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Jessica Rath's avatar

I balked at first at "creation" and design, so I looked the book up: "Gould helps us see the universe as the master of its own creation", that makes total sense to me, and so, yes, the whole universe is one big organism... Wow, what a thought.

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Anna Vinson's avatar

I liked your last paragraph! THX as always, for the stunning photos.

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Jessica Rath's avatar

Yes, I should write an article about the last paragraph... Our egos are in the way big time.

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