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Old 02-20-2012, 04:51 PM
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We do not have to leave the planet to find lifeforms than are not based on CHON. Go to any volcanic vent on the ocean floor, and it is TEEMING with it.
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:42 PM
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The lifeforms you are referring to have amino acids just like the rest of us
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Old 02-20-2012, 08:46 PM
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The lifeforms you are referring to have amino acids just like the rest of us
Woah woah woah... I have none of these "amino acids"
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Old 02-20-2012, 10:28 PM
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Yet they live in BOILING water, and breath SO2.
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Old 02-21-2012, 02:52 AM
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That's fine, but they are definitely "based on CHON", to use your words.
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Old 02-21-2012, 09:05 AM
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Yep. The closest we've come is the bacteria that can use arsenic instead of sulphur, but only under specific conditions.
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