Giant Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise


	Giant Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise

Socratoad

10-18-2009 11:53 AM

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10-18-2009 12:01 PM

Socratoad

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10-18-2009 2:10 PM

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ewww! The can also make you sick. from National Geographic

But the new study found that Mediterranean mucilages harbor bacteria and viruses, including potentially deadly E. coli, Danovaro said. Those pathogens threaten human swimmers as well as fish and other sea creatures, according to the report, published September 16 in the journal PloS One.

10-19-2009 10:27 AM

kkcapricorn

Oceans fight back! Its a matter of survival.

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