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Been thinking about viruses as a sort of proto-gamete mechanism as a surrogate for genetic mutation/sexual differentiation off offspring. My thinking is that it would happen less often during binary fission. I should dig into how bacteria actually evolve on a mechanical level. https://t.co/g2MR7037bO
Are any scientists looking at this phenomena in the context of bacterial signaling?https://t.co/1DIw2OMuJp
I know there is this weird virus mechanism that we can use to "eavesdrop" on bacteria. And then there is all the CRISPR like mechanisms that viruses use.https://t.co/dK3zxSZhi3
Yes, I am imaging viruses as a bacterial sperm/egg pataphor.https://t.co/CSg5k8TCwe
I asked my self "Fucking bacterioides, how do they work?" as one does and then said "AHA! they are fucking!" And now I am imagining our gut ecosystem as one massive orgy.https://t.co/RojGvqM8oR
In 1669 (nice) we discovered phosphorus because someone decided that the philosopher's stone must com from urine since it was life bringing.https://t.co/iusybw4RSc
In other news, having progressed from the art of farting babies, we apparently know how to make them pee on command.https://t.co/DQWU5DQ9qS
Collecting urine quickly from a baby makes sense if you're a doctor trying to test for UTIs.But if we figure this out as a culture, who's going to make all this ASMR bullshit go viral?https://t.co/3ZV9rTPiWq
I also want pictures of this "apparatus" used to collect mice wee, from 1972.https://t.co/iXuBLsy5d1
Hmm. I can't find pictures. I was imagining something fancy.But I bet you could just use a sterilizationable stainless steel bin of some sort an do this: https://t.co/2O2Chx96T2
We are so lucky that our infants don't need you to lick their neither regions to get them to 'go'.https://t.co/7AJlXYFlhA
Oh, I forgot to tell you why I'm exploring animal urine. I thought that it would be funny if the bacteria orgies in our stomach were covered in urea. H Pylori even uses urease as part of it's survival.https://t.co/QrxGdZbBmJ and it's wild https://t.co/cETrAy2WuE
I wonder if the poop sac eating birds have enzymes that destroy potential disease and pathogens in their chicks.https://t.co/PwaYgHvXBS
Oh, I figured out what pattern I matched.I just applied this transform to human microbes.https://t.co/oaYegKdI7D
Basically inverted this idea:https://t.co/VpnyqsiNTt
I view ant-plant mutualisms as a sort of macro version of bacterial symbiosis. It wouldn't take very complex decision making on part of ants to have trees be able to take advantage of their behavior. Trees already need mechanisms to control insects anyway.https://t.co/X8n8DjlfYs
If our microbiome is an "ecosystem on a leash", do we have mechanisms that speed up and slow down their evolution? Do we serenade our gut bugs with sex juices, or inhibit their virome/sexual urges like some kind of sadomasochistic foreplay?Leashes are kinky.
Let fish fuck!https://t.co/oTurwcpoXo
A fish that oozes out piss thru its pores to endure high alkalinity.https://t.co/eXY5CSxRpM
A fish that uses excreted urea to change what it smells like, as a way to do a sort of olfactory camouflage.https://t.co/AfkqrkWmGb
A stinky fish that naturally preserves it's own flesh due to high amounts of ammonia production due to heavily concentrated urea in it's sweat.https://t.co/iLgLnHCXNU
Icelandic Fermented Shark meat that smells like old piss, and makes people gag if they aren't used to it.https://t.co/eobLZ11nb9https://t.co/oSYL2eDmbT
Have you considered that humans are really good at sweating?https://t.co/Bk7RSGqkQD
Going out in sun for awhile can make you secrete urea via sweat. This feeds skin fauna that produce hydrogen peroxide (to fight eventual ammonia the urea ferments into). It can neutralize viral particles on contact. Some people don't harbor these bacteria. They smell funny.
Lots of gross stuff happens if you can't sweat out urea.https://t.co/vWt2AFrVeI
The same blood vessel degradation that makes type II diabetic's feet rot off also seems to lower skin healing. https://t.co/yvonT3RixMThis is the pathways that urea + sweat gets to the skin. B3 improves blood flow. https://t.co/DULuFaNGNbDon't over do it. It stresses heart.
Exerting yourself is a good way to produce a lot of sweat.https://t.co/nCHgQwzQyD
I found out that some people sweat blood.https://t.co/59myfGOU3l
@Tipsycaek @literalbanana I went looking for sources of nitrogen to feed skin bacteria (urea is one), and found that high nitrogen can be used to deter pests.https://t.co/cbncQRzr4OSo... some humans sweat blood when stressed to deter pests?maybehttps://t.co/I2JlM0jFQV
Someone figured out to replicate hippo-sweat based sunscreen. It's not actually blood.https://t.co/bDLALeh19z
Sea going mammals have unique microbiota that respond to the salt of the sea.https://t.co/kqvPrQHHma
I wanna roll around in some pond scum after exercising vigorously.https://t.co/7FvYq0Hnp1
@BuildSoil 😹100million for pond scum."AOBiome Therapeutics Inc., has raised almost $100 million. The company is seeking to become the first to get Food and Drug Administration approval for pharmaceutical-grade topical live bacteria"https://t.co/J5rPQOfZrF
Another weird idea inspired from an anime.https://t.co/BR5xWbwwmz
The GF was talking to me about how there are discussions of shirikodama transplants in one of the episodes of Sarazanmai (TV-MA).Looking it up: This, uh... scene from the sequel to Utena is🥵Now I'm wondering about kappa skin slime + microbiota.https://t.co/BuEPlJqp5k https://t.co/6nM7wgo6GH
You ever see a frog? They're fucking gross. Lol. https://t.co/m2tZfgAAnX
Something something Mary's Room (https://t.co/B6yuWLJmq0), but it's not philosophy; it's an application of sweat as applied thru jackass 3, trolling some guy with a weird phobia.https://t.co/M3CJFJQX6y
Neat."Your sweat could help stop you sweating, thanks to naturally occurring minerals such as salt and calcium that could block sweat ducts to act as an antiperspirant."https://t.co/JC1SS0sUo5
One of the most amazing things I've seen on YouTube is a bunch of guys using their own sweat as a seasoning.https://t.co/JzHit0i8uT
I would literally rather starve.https://t.co/4n7ZtoJA2F