Looks like the Silurians left one of their pets behind.
we have a problem
Submitted 4 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Snowcano@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
There was a Voyager episode that documented this in detail.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
Futurama, also.
doingthestuff@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m just thinking Elon Musk got tired of being pissed on and decided to drop some dinosaur bones on the moon to fuck with everybody else. If this were actually true I’d give him a little respect.
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
that’s how you know it’s not.
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
This comic has some potential to become a very overused meme format, just needs a bit more jpeg
Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
that would mean we have much hogher chances of survival, with that Fermi formula?
Zron@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Or lower, because this pushes the great filter that must destroy civilization beyond early space flight.
dojan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
But not before the ability to make materials that can withstand the sun blasting it for millions of years without degrading.
Neat!
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They didn’t safely return to Earth so it doesn’t count! Whoooooo USA! USA! USA!
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, they had a problem. Forgot to evolve internal long term oxygen storage
HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
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danc4498@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Makes me think of Rick and Morty jumping the shark a bit
MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I wonder what decomp would be like on the Moon. I imagine at worst this dino would be a mummy, but it’d be pretty wild to find a barely rotten T Rex.
wahming@monyet.cc 4 weeks ago
Assuming they were wearing a space suit, probably nothing very different from ordinary decomposition except the lack of insects
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
That’s an interesting point / question. Decomposition is living organisms (insects, bacteria, microbes, etc.) breaking down the thing. Obviously we have tons of those inside us, but could the space suit keep them alive? For how long?
This ended up leading me down a bit of a google rabbit hole, but this answer seems reasonable to me (though I don’t have the background to verify it):
MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
A lot of the tiny critters responsible for decomp are aerobic, though, right? So once the air in the suit ran out they’d die, too.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 4 weeks ago
Wouldn’t the direct sun exposure mess up things?
GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Assuming the suit is free of breaches, the worst that solar radiation can do is cook the bacteria on the face if the sunshield was flipped up. EVAwear is designed to block the part of the spectrum that would harm biological processes.