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I have heard many different ancient astronaut theories but i was wondering if anyone knew if there are any plants that are in fact alien plants from another planted/dimension.
I Heard the Pine Trees Screaming
I heard the pine trees screaming,
unmistakable, mournful and shrill.
The roar of the saws was awful,
and I prayed for the trees they’d kill.
The calm of the morning was shattered,
as chaos filled the air.
Across the pond in the distance
was a scene of total despair.
The monstrous trucks and machinery,
had moved in under cover of dark,
Now springing forth into action,
methodically assaulting their mark.
One by one the trees they grabbed,
with huge mechanical claws.
Then severed and ripped from where they stood
with slashing and tearing of saws.
None of the trees escaped the attack,
all of them, the large and the small.
Either harvested or horribly damaged,
till nothing was left at all!
The hillside now chaotically ragged,
a victim of the clear cutting saw
Lies naked and totally abandoned,
a vista so horribly raw.
The trees now gone, no longer a home,
all fauna evicted or killed.
No burrow was left or perch for the owl,
their homes no way to rebuild.
No more the trees to sigh their song,
as the breeze plays softly on their limbs,
And swaying gently in the wind
with sounds heard lovely as hymns.
No more can we listen and walk and talk,
so peacefully in that majestic old wood.
Nor even be able to find our path
made ugly where beauty once stood.
Perhaps in time, half century or so,
when we’re on to eternal dreaming,
The wood will be back for others to love
and I’ll not hear the pine trees screaming.
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by Darkk
And just to ask, what makes you think any life, alien beings, plant, microbes, could survive in our atmosphere? If they evolved off earth under different circumstances, there's no reason to believe they could survive here.
The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses. Other environments are dunes, beaches, soil, and marine or freshwater sediments, where they may occur quite frequently (up to 25,000 animals per litre). Tardigrades often can be found by soaking a piece of moss in spring water.[4] Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of −273 °C (−459 °F), close to absolute zero,[5] temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals,[6] and almost a decade without water.[7] In September 2007, tardigrades were taken into low Earth orbit on the FOTON-M3 mission and for 10 days were exposed to the vacuum of space. After they were returned to Earth, it was discovered that many of them survived and laid eggs that hatched normally.
i was wondering if anyone knew if there are any plants that are in fact alien plants from another planted/dimension.
Originally posted by DJM8507
Salvia divinorum is thought to be an alien plant... The Mythology surrounding it also is interesting... A Gift from the "God(s)" supposedly? hrmm...
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by Darkk
Tardigrade
The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses. Other environments are dunes, beaches, soil, and marine or freshwater sediments, where they may occur quite frequently (up to 25,000 animals per litre). Tardigrades often can be found by soaking a piece of moss in spring water.[4] Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of −273 °C (−459 °F), close to absolute zero,[5] temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals,[6] and almost a decade without water.[7] In September 2007, tardigrades were taken into low Earth orbit on the FOTON-M3 mission and for 10 days were exposed to the vacuum of space. After they were returned to Earth, it was discovered that many of them survived and laid eggs that hatched normally.
Awesome, you proved that life which evolved on earth can survive on earth. WOW, i hope you apply for a Nobel Price.
Go read what i said again slowly, what makes you think that life which evolved ON ANOTHER PLANET, under different circumstances, could even survive here? They could breath methane and exhale oxygen for all we know. Obviously you didn't understand, or attempt to understand, what I said, in your rush to be a contraryian.
you actually used the organisms I was talking about to prove yourself wrong. Amazing. Like I said, we're finding life, Tardigrades, surviving in thought to be inhospitable conditions. They are still earth born organisms. No ones debating if life could some how survive space travel, i'm fairly convinced that's how life got a kick start on earth.
There's no reason to think that alien life would be anything close to us, in physiology or any other factors. In fact, most scientists will tell you to expect the unexpected, we'll probably find life out there, but it will bear little resemblance to us.
Wanna call my education into question again? go for it.edit on 16-3-2011 by phishyblankwaters because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by coyotepoet
The Saguaro cactus is one of the few, if not the only plant that doesn't follow the Fibonacci sequence in it's growth pattern. Could be that it is alien as well.
Originally posted by Darkk
reply to post by works4dhs
That is odd, i never knew that.
What is maize?edit on 16-3-2011 by Darkk because: (no reason given)