TIL: There are giant viruses and they get viruses
wikipedia link for those who just wanna learn about giant virus's.
The wildest thing to me is that the viruses that prey on giant viruses work by infecting bacteria/algea, and then waiting for a giant virus to infect it too before it attacks.
The bacteria get infected with an anti-virus virus! It's just like Norton on computers!
https://theconversation.com/the-giant-viruses-that-orchestrate-life-in-the-polar-regions-282232Open linkView original on lemmy.world195
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They never really explained why they could fly
probably some gas chamber it has, pretty much deflates when they die.
Aw, I was hoping for Operation: Annihilate! or maybe The Immunity Syndrome.
The Immunity Syndrome's example is rather on the extra-large side reminiscent of the giant amoeba from Evolution.
The creatures from Operation: Annihilate! just tend to make me hungry.
They’re called macrovirus.
Macrocosm!
The Janeway's "Ellen Ripley" moment!
Definitely between this, Year of Hell, and Shattered are all definitive Ellen Ripley energy!
You might also enjoy learning about phages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy
Pox viruses incl smallpox are of this type.
I wonder what the smallest host:virus size ratio is, is there a virus that gets spawned by a cell only big enough to fit 2 protein coats?
wierdly giant viruses mostly infect amoebas, rare instance infecting out unicelluar eukaryotes.
Good. Fuck em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r53u0mjnFOc